OK, I am finally posting and have to say I have been a bit intimidated. Heather and Gabe write so well and have such a great sense of sarcasm and humor. But since Lucerne, was my favorite city, I wanted to let you know I might not be coming home. Lucerne was a fabulous city - a beautiful setting of a lake with the alps in the background. It was built in the 13th century and had beautiful old buildings downtown right on the lake with a river flowing out of it. As Gabe mentioned previously, the Yodeling contest was in town and our timing could not have been more perfect!
I have to make a correction here though. There were 12,ooo yodelers (that's right, I typed 12,000) and 200,ooo visitors in town (in a city of 60,000 people normally.) All the way from Canada and New Zealand. Each area had their own outfit/costume. Unfortunately, it was a bit warm and that led to a lot of BO with so many people. Why Europeans have not figured out the beauty of daily deodorant, I don't know.
Anyway, I got distracted - I need to move to Lucerne... They have great food, beautiful buildings, friendly people, fabulous chocolate, a lake with amazing fireworks that reminded me of our family tradition on Lake Arrowhead for several years.
The echo was incredible (and unfortunately a little loud for the kids.) The fireworks did not get going until 10:30 though so we had lots of time to chat with the Suisse, since it does not get dark here in Europe until 10:00 at the earliest! How great is that! My only problem is the value of the euro so if you would like to donate to my cause, please feel free to donate to our family account (since I probably should stay with Gabe and the kids.) Call my dear friend Viv and she will happily take your $$. Hopefully she will even deposit it so we can stay.Until France and more reasons to ditch the 951/909,
-Laura
3 comments:
So great to hear from you Laura, your posts can totally rival Gabe's and Heather's in wit and sarcasm! What a tremendous adventure with your family, how are the kids rolling with all of it? Miss you!
Of course I'll take donations for you! Though I would need to keep some for myself so I can come visit. Glad to finally hear from you, Laura! Can't wait to hear all about the adventures! How many times have the 'leave-me-alone' words been said?
Heather-so happy for you and your family. It makes me long for my days in Salzburg. Continued fun and safety. Gruss Gott! Missing you, Beth. P.S. It is offically one month!!
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