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Toboggans and cars — Toboggans and cars

When we backed up there was a toboggan coming right for us with three cars behind it!

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Traffic jam — Traffic jam

The roads are very narrow. We turned the corner and we were face-to-face with another bus. We had to back up.

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Back on the bus! — Back on the bus!

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Cool — Cool

There was a bit of a traffic jam but I like the picture of the toboggans and the drivers.

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Cars! — Cars!

Those cars also go on the road. They just kinda look out for the toboggans.

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Video — Video

Of course we took video. (Link does not work in thumbnail.)

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Here we go! — Here we go!

The basket is pushed and steered by to men. The trip takes about 10 minutes to get down the mountain. It's about 2km long and the basket can go up to 48km/hour.

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The toboggans! — The toboggans!

We were not sure what to expect on the toboggans. We hadn't read anything about them but we were excited!

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Swans! — Swans!

I think they wanted us to feed them but everyone just took pictures.

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Looking back — Looking back

Our Lady of Monte at the top of the mountain.

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Going down! — Going down!

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Counting — Counting

Gizelle cracked us up again. When we left the church we were missing one person. She said they whoever it was was a bad person anyway. They had must have had to stay in the church too long to confess too many sins! LOL!!

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Our Lady of Monte front — Our Lady of Monte front

Pretty church!

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Back outside — Back outside

Checking out the view again. It looked like the clouds were clearing up!

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Organ balcony — Organ balcony

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A little more — A little more

You can see a little more of the church in this shot.

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Nativity scene — Nativity scene

There were many scenes of the Nativity. It was just so dark and the photos aren't very good. I thought I'd include just one pic.

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Beautiful altar — Beautiful altar

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The ceiling — The ceiling

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Very dark — Very dark

We didn't get many good photos from inside the church because it was very dark inside.

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