Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Rainy Switzerland

Lucerne from above.

Andrea has a long history of crashing her parents anniversary. In fact, she was born on their second anniversary! So it was only fitting that we would join them for one weekend of their two-week 30th Anniversary trip to Europe.

We joined the 'rents in Zurich and followed them to Lucerne, spending one night in each city. Despite the fact that it rained a good portion of the time, we had a really fun time!

Nothing fills a tummy like Germany food!

The creepy thing about Switzerland is that everything is perfect. Well, okay not the weather. And the prices are a bit high. But everything else - the perfectly painted houses sitting perfectly on the hillsides, the chocolates in perfect shapes that melt in your mouth, the swans swimming perfectly into your pictures, and you get the point. It really is like the best parts of Heidi and The Sound of Music, all rolled into one.

The Swiss bring chocolate truffles to a whole new level.


The attractive riverfront of Lucerne.

Expensive, yes. Rainy, yes. But if you can get past a few rainy days rainy days a year, okay make that more like 100, Switzerland is a really dreamy place with storybook scenery, quality restaurants, and really great window shopping.