This morning we had the luxury of sleeping in! We had several options to choose from today but we opted out of all our plans and just decided to spend the day wandering around Zurich. I think today we had hit the "time to go home" wall. We did a little bit of shopping before buying a round ticket on the commuter ferry for a ride around Lake Zurich and just took in the sights of the city from the water. A quick walk back to the hotel to collect our luggage and...

It was time to leave this beautiful spot and head back into the big city as we are now heading to our last stop of this adventure. Today was a little bit of housekeeping and a little bit of touristy exploring! Having found our way to the Zurich airport we dropped off our rental car, walked through the airport where we found the entrance to our hotel for tomorrow evening. We dropped our large bags in their care and caught the train into the down core of Zurich....

Waking up without an alarm this morning was truly lovely but waking up before Grant or the barking dog alarm is really bordering on the miraculous!! We took our time getting up and organized and made our way to breakfast. The day is a glorious and sunny day and perfect for our plans to head up one last mountain. There is an aerial tramway here and since we had not tackled a cable car yet we decided it was time and the perfect day helped solidify the idea. ...

Waking up this morning we chose our clothing a little more carefully and my beautiful red boots came out to play (Thanks Deb)!! At breakfast I knew it was going to be a good day as I had been having a craving for cottage cheese for days and this morning… Ta Da! There it was! It is funny the little things that you think about when you are traveling far from home. Cottage cheese being one and also Canadians! It would take me quite a while to get used to th...

Monday September 25, 2017 Vieux Riche/Nouveau Riche…Either will do!! Waking up officially (having risen to see the sunrise on The Matterhorn) we had our breakfast where Grant was treated to a special order omelette which was a new offering on this trip. We went for a walk through the town stopping to pick up the new SIM card the phone and enjoying another beautiful day! It is hard to believe the weather we have had! The only rain we have seen was...