Day 10 - Bethanien to Brünig 28 Kilometers

At 6:00 a.m. we woke to the sound of bells at a local church being rung off their hinges. We had planned to rise early as the weather is hot and we had a couple of good climbs to look forward to today. We were off by 6:30, our earliest start, and we had been given a bag lunch to take today. We made an early stop at a church that had frescos inside dating to the 14th century. It was beautiful and all was going well until we made a "wrong turn". The route made a circle to access three churches and when we had visited the last church we continued on the path which brought us back to almost where we started the day. We backtracked to the last church and headed on our way, adding about 3k to our day and an extra climb. 

At the first opportunity we stopped for an espresso. We gathered our brains and continued along a flat path which followed along a lake's edge. It was very nice. We took some rest stops and ate some of our bag lunches at each stop. We made some good climbs during the afternoon. At one point after passing a second lake, we were surrounded by very tall mountains and we wondered how we were going to get out of that bowl. We ultimately did and are now at our hostel. There's not much here in this town so pickings were slim for dinner. We ended up having a meal at the restaurant above our place. It was pricey, but actually pretty good. Ed had a homemade pork cordon bleu with excellent veggies and salad. Joan had Bünder-Pizokel which was a cheesy pasta and bacon dish. Very rich. We even splurged on a gourmet ice cream dessert. We spent the rest of the day resting and preparing for our long trek tomorrow.