An American (and Canadian) Tradition!

After an afternoon hunt for marshmallows (success!) and a failed hunt for graham crackers (we substituted cookies) and bought some Swiss chocolate (which makes up for the lack of graham crackers) we were ready for our night in the forest. Although the temperature was hovering around freezing for the most part, we made the best of it! Friday night we headed deep into the woods where the Swiss set up a wonderful fire pit with a hut filled with wood ready for us.   We are in Switzerland, so we weren't surprised to also find some whittled sticks that, us unprepared, non-Swiss were able to use to roast our hot dogs and marshmallows.

America - Beer, hot dogs, and marshmellows! 

Zoe made the most amazing chocolate and marshmellow filled bananas! 

Seven people, one night..will there be enough?

After some hard work from pretty much everyone but me the fire was raging..

and the marshmallow toasting began!

There was singing, mafia was played, and ghost stories were told. Just your average camp fire with a few Swiss twists.  While most of us were actually losing feeling in our extremities the fun continued.  Whitney and Zoë were warmed by the fire for the night while the rest of us admired the flame and wondered why we did not feel the warmth...

I am looking forward to partaking in more bonfires in the Spring and Summer!