We had a wonderful time hosting our first real guests here in Switzerland. Karen, Bruce, Heather, Joel and Adelyn arrived late on a Friday, and left early the following Thursday. During that time, we traveled to a number of lovely Swiss spots, putting over 1300 kilometers on the 9-passenger rental van.
A brief itinerary of our days, for the record:
Friday - pickup in Zurich and short walk near flat
Saturday - Ballenberg Open Air Museum
Sunday - Zermatt
Monday - Zermatt and Bern
Tuesday - Lausanne, Lutry and Château Chillon
Wednesday - Cailler Chocolate Factory and Gruyère village
Thursday - drop off in Basel to catch train to Munich
Our guests were so appreciative of every place we saw, and seemed to thoroughly enjoy the Swiss foods we shared with them (sometimes a make-shift version). It was such a pleasure entertaining such an enthusiastic group!!
Karen and Bruce outside Ballenberg smithy.
Karen and Kim in Ballenberg cheese house.
Bruce and Karen next to Ballenberg map.
Lovely Swiss cow sporting standard cow bell.
Heather, Adelyn, Karen and Kim (with Izzi snapping photo) walking to Ticino region of Ballenberg.
Bruce and Xavier in Notre Dame cathedral in Lausanne.
Izzi in self-imposed shackles in Chateau Chillon near Montreaux.
Xavier at Giger museum in Gruyere.
On car train passing through Lötschberg tunnel.
Headstone in "climbers who perished on Matterhorn" cemetary.
Adelyn in Zermatt.
Heather, Joel and Adelyn in Zermatt.
Kim and Karen in Zermatt.
Street in Lutry.
Heather, Joel, Adelyn and Xavier in front of Chateau Chillon and Lake Geneva.
Bruce, Xavier, Isabella and Karen in front of Chateau Chillon and Lake Geneva.
Todd, Kim, Karen and Bruce in front of Chateau Chillon and Lake Geneva.
Izzi in Castle Chillon.
Bruce taking a photo from the dungeon window of Castle Chillon.
Xavier and Izzi in Chateau Chillon.
Adelyn on tour in Chateau Chillon.
One of the lovely views of Lake Geneva and Villeneuve from Chateau Chillon.
One of the lovely views of Lake Geneva and Montreux from Chateau Chillon.
Adelyn snuggling with Grandpa in Chateau Chillon.
Karen, Bruce and Adelyn near fountain in Chateau Chillon.
Karen and Adelyn outside of Chateau Chillon on Lake Geneva at the end of our tour.
Lovely end of day view on Lake Geneva.
Lovely end of day view on Lake Geneva.
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