Coach free day, yah so we can sleep in but unfortunately we seem to wake up around 6.30am every day. Did some shopping at local mall, Debbie got hair cut, bought a watch with compass. Went up the old Chateau overlooking the city, great view. Went back to hotel, got togs then went for swim at the beach, all rocks though and wee bit cold in comparison to air temp. Met the crew later for meal at Chez Freddys, seafood extravaganza. Debbie not impressed with hers, Mar...

Nice drive from Interlaken to Geneva for lunch. Passed Grass covered hangers for airforce base beside road, they wip out the median barrier and turn road into runway, all part of Fortress Switzerland. At Geneva walked under water jet which shoots water 140m into air. Got to Annecy mid afternoon, very pretty, like Queenstown but older and bigger, walked around town, hired a paddle boat for 30mins on the lake - the cleanest in Europe. Met the crew for dinner at cre...

Travel Day, getting into the hang of it. Up early, on the bus for the longest drive we have for the trip - 700km's. Not much to say other than nice country side and good tunes on the MP3 player. Got some Swiss francs once over the boarder, will be bank fees but never mind. Switzerland is beautiful and the Conferation of Helvetica in their mind - Switzerland is what foreigners call it. Beautiful place, tour guides gave us guided tour by bus around Interlaken once ...

Free day, tried to sleep in. Went to get Debbie some conditioner early, hard to find when you can't read signs. Got onto the metro after getting lost, language barrier had me buy a two day pass instead of two one day passes. Got the hang of it pretty quickly though. The poverty is pretty bad and got hassled a few times, Debbie pretended to be Russian with a few "NYET" barked at anyone who came close, some asked for money directly, others dropped a ring ...

Early start today, we both woke at 6am. Got up, showered and packed and headed to St Pancras station to meet with the Kumuka tour group and board the Eurostar to Paris. 22 people on the tour, Aussies and Kiwis we have met so far. Lovely countryside, you don't even know you are under the English channel. We were met in Paris Nord station by our tour guide Susan and Kevin the driver (husband and wife), who took us via coach to the Novotel hotel, after dropping ...