you (swiss engineers) raise me up

i've gone on three great hikes in the past couple weekends in different parts of the country. (including my first real hike in the alps -- i look at my pictures and still can't believe i was actually in such a beautiful place) all of these recent hikes involved those famed feats of swiss engineering: mountain railways and aerial lifts! i.e., cable cars, gondolas, chairlifts, and sturdy trains that go up and down impossibly steep inclines.

these rides provide stunning views and take the most difficult part out of high-altitude hikes. but even more importantly, the closed-compartment ones provided me with something i've really been missing: a place to sing at the top of my lungs!!! it's not something i can do in my quiet swiss apartment, and i don't drive here, so i've really been repressed. but not anymore! sure, the cars aren't completely sealed so people traveling the other way or people on the ground may catch a bit of it, but not nearly enough to be painful and i simply beam at them so they'll just think i'm ridiculous more than a disturber of the peace. hee hee!