Day 8

On our last day in Switzerland we went to a Tulip festival. It also was right along Lake geneva and was gorgeous! We enjoyed the perfect weather, ate some ice cream and looked at the flowers

This is the VW Polo we drove approximately 1600 kilometers around Switzerland and Italy. It was quite reliable.

We then jumped on a train and headed back to Paris. Instead of paying for another Hotel we decided just to spend the night in the Airport. You don't really sleep but at least we found an area with a nice cushioned bench....that is not the norm. A guy from Califronia joined us and visited through the night. Then we went down to our gate Friday morning, with maybe each 1 -2 hours of sleep.

Julie ran into 2 people that she knows from Idaho on our flight...when does that happen?

We were in business class again and I was very grateful. I slept for about 4 of the 10 hours on the plane but at least I had plenty of space, food and entertainment.

It was a great trip and I was SO excited to see my sweet husband at the airport! I definitely missed him. And he picked up and vacuumed the house! What a good hubby.

Day 7

The next day.....I think Wednesday, we went into the Interlaken area of Switzerland. It was a completely different look then where we were staying. We drove through the mountains and coutryside on the way there. The color of the lakes were the most unreal blue, pictures just don't catch it. We went to a Valley that is suppose to have like 70 waterfalls. However, we must of been there at the wrong time because we only saw 13, but it was still beautiful.


Switzerland has three national languages, French, German and Italian. So we were driving from Interlaken back to Torgon. In Interlaken all of the road signs are in German and then all of a sudden everything turned back to French. I must admit I felt like the rude American. I come to their country where there are 3 different languages that I could possible speak in order to communicate with people and I knew NONE of them. I expected everyone to speak English to me. How rude!

Day 6 - Italy

So our Condo was 4 hours away from the Mediterranean Sea. So the question, do you drive the four hours each way because you are that close or say forget it. We drove!

Views along the way
Italy

The Sea, we made it. Sat in the sun, put our feet in the water to be able to say we could, took a nap then headed back. It was delightful! Though it was a long day. But we went to Italy!

Vary blurry picture of me stepping in the freezing water.

When we were going back into Switzerland we had to go through border crossing again. So when we got stopped the border crossing guy starts to talk to me in French....or Italian.... who knows.... but I looked at him and made a face and said Tourist. He kind of laughed at me and made a face and then was asking if we were Terrorist or Tourist and just joking with us. He was pretty funny and then let us go.

It was a long day in the car but he views were absolutely gorgeous, I know I keep saying that but really I was amazed by the mountains. On the way back from the sea we went through 61 tunnels, so very short some long. The longest one were you actually cross the border between Italy and Switzerland took 24 minutes to go through.

Day 5

Monday we decided to have a slow start to the morning and then to go to Chateau de Chillon, the castle close to where we were.

The three of us
Getting a drink from the watering hole

The Castle is right on Lake Geneva. This is one of the views from the Castle

Inside

Chateau de Chillon, from the road

The we decided that we wanted to have Cheese Fondue for dinner. So we went into town and found a place. We shared a cheese pizza and cheese Fondue. We were right next to Lake Geneva and the weather was PERFECT!

Then we went and just sat by the Lake for a little while and enjoyed the peace and beauty around us.

Day 4

Sunday - After crying myself to sleep the night before because I missed my husband and didn't know if he had made his flight or where he was. This is the sunrise I woke up too!
We then headed out, done the mountain and headed to Church. It was interesting to drive in Switzerland, however, they had great road signs and everyone was very polite. After we left Church we headed to Zermatt to see the Matterhorn.

This is a picture of our Condo

Me and the Matterhorn.

While we were in Zermatt we saw a store that said you could get on the internet. So we paid a few dollars and got online. I was able to find out that Kevin made it home easily on his flight and all of a sudden I felt SO much better. I was able to relax and enjoy my time.

It was over $100 to go up to the base of the Matterhorn so this was as close as we got.

We then left and drove through the country side for a while. Switzerland was beautiful. Then we headed back up the scary road to our condo. Luckily it got easier each time I drove it.

Day 3

So on Saturday we headed to Switzerland. We said goodbye to Kevin on the Metro and I was super sad. He doesn't believe me that I was sad to see him go. He headed to the airport and we got on a train. Once we got to Lausanne we rented a car and headed off to the Condo we were staying at in Torgon.

The road on the way up the mountain was switchbacks, NARROW, and scary. I was driving and there were plenty of places that I was afraid I would be falling off the road. Especially when another car came. So we went really slow up the road and lots of people were pretty annoyed with me. So I would pull over as far as I could and hope they could pass me.

We got there and just kind of hung out. It was a good day of relaxing. The train ride was gorgeous

Day 2

The second day we got up and headed out to Versailles, King Louis the 14th's palace. He is the one who moved the seat of the government out to this palace. It was amazing. We went walking through all that was open.
Hall of Mirrors

I did WAY to much walking the first day and my hips where hurting so then I started to walk different and was hurting my knee. So after going through the Palace we split up. Heather and I found a place to sit and chill, Heather actually slept, and we sent Kevin and Julie of to explore the huge amount of gardens and other houses on the property. I was trying to be so brave that I kept myself from crying until Kevin walked away and then burst into tears because I hurt so bad. I got a lot smarter after this.

After we were done exploring, we stopped and had lunch then took the train back into Paris.

We went to the Louvre. I have been to the Louvre before and so I decided that I wasn't going to go in and look at everything. I sent the other three in, I found a place to sit and I read a book. It was highly delightful. Then we called it a day. Doesn't see like we saw a ton but both places where huge!