Switzerland 2007

You know, Kevin & I have been asked many times what our dream vacation would be and we always said skiing in Switzerland. Well, now we have lived the dream and can only hope we can live it many more times. Switzerland was awesome. The views were breath taking, the weather was cold but great, the snow was awesome, and no one got hurt - yeah!

Since we were not going home to the US for Christmas we decided to live our dream & along the way were able to invite some wonderful new friends we have - the Hunters (Paul, Claire, Hannah, and Emily). Kevin found a great apartment in Interlaken owned by the Schwizi's. It was a 4 bedroom, 2-1/2 bath apartment with a fully stocked kitchen and a washing machine. There was a fireplace and a beautiful view out of all the windows. Did I mention breath-taking...

Since we had a stocked kitchen, Claire & I had decided we would try to cook as many meals as possible. With that in mind, I needed to buy lots of food before we left. So on travel day, I left for Tesco's at 4:30 in the morning. Hardly any traffic I made it in record time, got a fabulous parking spot, and decided to start the day off right - with a Diet Coke. That is when I realized to my horror, I did not have my wallet. So I had to drive all the way back home to get my wallet, only to find Kevin up watching a football game on tv (grrrr), I drive back to Tesco, make the necessary purchases, and head home to finish packing.

We get the families divided between the 2 cars, get all items necessary packed, and head off on our adventure. What Kevin did not take into account when planning the needed travel time, was this is a major holiday week/weekend. It seemed everyone in the UK was on the roads. But finally, we made it to the car ferry, loaded the cars, and found our seat for the 1+ hour tour. Cathy got a little sea sick but was able to drive once her feet were back on solid ground. We spent the night in a quaint hotel, got up bright & early, took an extra tour of the village before finding the McDonald's for breakfast, and then were off to Switzerland. Many hours later we arrived at our apartment & it seemed like heaven. It was dark, we were all tired, so we did as little as possible before sending everyone off to bed. The surprise would be in the morning...

Once day light hit we were able to see just how beautiful our surroundings were. WOW, what an amazing sight. But no time to enjoy that, we have to get off to skiing. But before we can go skiing we need skis... Once that was finally done, we were off to go skiing - but not until we ate some lunch (priorities you know). The place we had planned to ski had many options for eating, but we decided to enjoy the views and eat outside. Now I know that sounds crazy when you consider the weather was -10C, but it was actually quite warm ~ the sun was shinning, your dressed in plenty of layers, and you just want to enjoy it.

See next posting for more...