This morning we packed up very early and started our long drive to Switzerland. We drove through Milan and across the border where we bought a pass for the car that you must have to drive on the interstate here. It is lovely to be back in the mountains and even enjoying them from the car is a treat. We also noticed an immediate transformation in driving style. The Swiss seem to obey traffic laws! A welcome change to the more haphazard Italian road.
On our trip to Lucerne we drove through a tunnel that was over 6 miles long. Remarkable! On one side the sky was relatively clear and when we popped out on the other side it was raining. A whole new weather system. Very interesting experience.
We arrived in Lucerne and dropped Crystal off at Jenn and Dirk's place. Unfortunately due to a combination of heavy rain and exhaustion we saw nothing of Lucerne but rested for a bit at the apartment before setting off. Crystal will be in Lucerne for the weekend and we will be with Sabine in St Gallen. I will try to let you know what she is up to also.
Our drive hit Friday afternoon traffic in Zurich and unfortunately took us quite a long time. Once here Sabine and I had a tearful reunion, it has been 8 years since we last saw each other. We met at TU when we were suite mates in LaFortune Hall and she was on an exchange with Hilti, the company she worked for then.
Although she lives in Switzerland she is originally from the Principality of Liechtenstein that is near St. Gallen. Her husband Alain is unfortunately not able to be home this weekend owing to a trip to the hospital for an injury sustained in a softball game. He is doing fine, but we are all disappointed we will only be able to see him at the hospital.
We had a great dinner together that Sabine cooked for us and sat up late eating black forest tart and catching up. It is so good to be here with a wonderful friend who is like family. Mom, she still has the Tulsa snow globe with her in the living room. After a long day and many days traveling we retired to some much deserved rest.
4 comments:
Lucerene is beautiful... looks like something out of the moives with the chalets and window boxes....Interlaken is amazing if you get close to there...
Bob sorry to hear that you had to give up your gelato fixes... American Gelato is not the same no matter what they say... we feel your pain!
There is a teacher that was at the Career Center that went to teach in Milan for one year... that was 4 years ago and he hasn't come back... you can definitely understand why!
You guys seem to be having such a wonderful experience. Venice was a very confusing place for me. I was always turned around trying to figure out the lay of the land...of course, Crystal can tell you, I can get lost anywhere. Thank you for letting us share the adventure...Hope you find Switzerland peaceful and beautiful. Ginger and Robbie are reading the blog. He has an amazing story about his brother's experience at Anzio...so many stories of the invasion/the experience to be lost with that generation. Take care...enjoy
Hi, Judy!
Loved Italy for all its history, food, and most of the people, and didn't mind leaving it either. When we left, we did so from Brindisi (heel) on an overnight steamer to Greece. Definitely not the Love Boat. We did spend 2 days in Lucerne. Bahoff Hotel? I distinctly remember the toilet being in the same space as the shower with a rubber-ribbed flow-through floor. You could take care of 2 of the 3 S's simultaneously! Really all 3 if you think about it... but I digress.
Can't think of the Career Center (now Oakwood) teacher who left for Milan and never came back. Does Plain do that to some people? :-)
Continue to take care... drive carefully.
Mike
Mike... the teacher was Blake Little... last heard he is still there and getting a higher degree paid for by the school he was teaching at! What a life for him!!!
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