I've never seen fresh snow as an adult, let alone held it. This stuff begs to be thrown at other people, so soft! We had an awesome morning up on Pilatus. The cable car ride was breathtaking, a couple of points where you go up and over an embankment and watch the world drop away on the other side. Claude had told me to go to Interlaken to check out the nature, he seemed excited but I didn't get it. Wow! I could have spent a few days up there, perfect clear sunny...

Someone on this tour is blessed with some impossibe weather charming skill. Here in Lucerne it has been raining for days right up to this morning when it suddenly went away and the sun shone through. We arrived from Flroence in the early afternoon and caught a slow sunny cruise across the lake landing in Lucerne itself around 4pm. The captain was busy selling his beers throughout the cruise giving Max and Emerson a crack at the helm, Emerson tried to fishtail, bu...