Here is a Regemolli, as promised.

The cows went up to the alp yesterday. The first lot waking us up nice and early at 6.30 ish with the clanking of the bells.
This is quite a stressful trip for the cows and can lead to injuries and mastitis. The alp farmers need to be quite careful about looking out for problems, especially as they don't as yet know the individual animals or their health.
The first few days of milk, after this event, therefore, is made into a raclette cheese. This cheese apparently being able to take a higher level of bacteria.

Salamander's return.

Just quickly....on a hike up to Maennlichen this morning I saw 8 'regemollies'. This is a black salamander that is usually seen on wet days only. Hence the local name containing the German word for rain. Yes, it was drizzling nicely this morning.
Not long ago these little lizards could be seen regularly on a wet day in the village. It would be a rainy day pastime with toddlers to go splashing in puddles and searching for 'regemollies'. But then I started to see a lot squashed, probably due to increased traffic. Now they are rarely to be seen in the village.
That's why I was so excited to greet eight of them on my walk. Unfortunately I didn't have my camera, so no pictures to show. I'll try to post one up soon.