After all

Our little, almost toy-like train was slowly but surely puffing its way up the mountain. From my comfy wooden bench I had a breathtaking view of the three snow-capped peaks ??? Eiger, M??nch and Jungfrau ??? as well as numerous waterfalls, valleys and chalets, all squeaky-clean and brand-new, as if recycled and neatly packaged. And cows, of course ??? also neat and sterile and with bulging blue eyes and bells around their necks ??? strolling lazily beside the narrow-gauge rail track, with cables and cogwheels in its middle. We were told by our hosts that Swiss cows wear bells not just to allow the farmers to find them easily, but mainly because the monotonous jingling sound relaxes them (the cows, not the farmers) and makes them (the cows again) produce more milk.