TABLE OF CONTENTS THE TOP OF EUROPE LOCATION LANDSCAPE AND CLIMATE WILDLIFE PEOPLE COMMUNITIES CUSTOMS SCHOOL AND WORK PLAY FOOD CELEBRATIONS TIMELINE SWITZERLAND FACTS GLOSSARY TO LEARN MORE INDEX 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 31 32
THE TOP OF EUROPE One sunny summer morning a family boards a train in the city of Grindelwald Carrying winter jackets and mittens they enjoy the Alpine scenery as the train climbs Jungfrau Mountain It goes through a long tunnel and stops for a view of a glacier called the Sea of Ice Before long they are at the Jungfraujoch the Top of Europe 4
OTHER TOP SITES ALBERT EINSTEIN HOUSE JUNGFRAUJOCH LION OF LUCERNE PIZ GLORIA RESTAURANT ST PIERRE CATHEDRAL They explore the elaborate Ice Palace White snow crunches underfoot as they climb to the Sphinx Observatory They admire the views as cold air reddens their cheeks Snowcapped mountaintops tower overhead while summery flowers bloom below This is Switzerland 5
