Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Europe Day Three


Ok, I know it's been awhile, but this has been difficult to keep up with since I've been starting work.


Day Three-Bus Ride to Lucerne

We spent the entire day in a bus. I slept most of the way. I did find Evan's Cote 'Or in chocolate form so I bought him a few bars. The countryside in France is very flat. Once we got to Germany though we started to see more mountains. seriously though, I slept most of the day. Our hotel in Switzerland is AMAZING- not because of the hotel itself but because of the location. We rode our huge coach around these scary cliff sides. It was COLD too. Luckily they had this DELICIOUS celery soup waiting for us. We ate dinner, (turkey something on top of noodles and jello for dessert-ew), then Jennifer and I hung out with a few of our students in the common room, we played games and got GOOD hot chocolate- Swiss chocolate- YUM! Then I called Evan and went to bed.


Day Four- Lucerne

It rained and rained and rained. We visited the famous Lucerne Lion, The Swiss Army Knife shop, the chocolate/truffle shop, The Bridge that's really famous here, and then we just looked around town all day. I bought Evan's birthday present (a watch of course) and then we got this really good curry sandwich that was BRIGHT yellow. Delicious! I bought more chocolate as well. :) I think I bought at least ten to fifteen pounds of chocolate to give away. My favorite is Nehaus or Callier. Yummy! I took a ton of pictures and my kids were laughing at me because I kept crawling up posts or leaning on the ground to get some good shots. It was a good day. We heard bells ring and we saw an old apothecary that looked like it belonged on Diagon Alley. Dinner was disappointing but I had some more hot chocolate and then my sister and Jennifer and I sat up for awhile talking. Good day. :) This sunny photo was taken the next day as we left Lucerne...

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Paris Day Two

Today was amazing! We woke up and had fresh croissants and REALLY GOOD hot chocolate! Amazing! Then we took a day tour of Paris in a bus. Our tour guide was very funny. He looked like Robert Redford and Brad Pitt mixed together with a french accent. Anyway, I learned a ton and took a lot of good pictures. Then, we went to Versailles. The Palace was HUGE. Kind of sad the peasants were starving while the nobles lived in luxury. A side note, Marie Antoinette never said "Let them eat cake" - that was just her attitude towards the common person, she didn't understand their struggles. Also, perfume became famous because of Versailles. NO ONE BATHED. Ew. The gardens were of course a favorite of mine. After that, we headed home to have dinner in a really cool restaurant in the basement of an old winery (from the look of things). For dinner we had a thin crust pizza thing- can't remember the name of it but man it was tasty! After dinner we took a boat tour along the Seine, and I saw the Eiffel Tower sparkle! What a busy day. I love Paris and can't wait to come back here someday!