Switzerland

Switzerland is ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. I love it here. We are in Lucerne, which is a cute little city, centered around a beautiful blue lake. The mountains are huge, there is a lot of greenery, and the town is just so pleasant!!! Tonight we walked over this wooden bridge to get to the restraunt where we would have dinner. There were tons of spider webs and little creatures crawling in the top of the bridge! Dinner was a BLAST!!! We went to this cute little place with dinner and a show. It was this big open room jam packed full of long tables and tourist. As everyone was introduced, we realized that nearly all of the 500 guests were from the U.S. They had performers singing and dancing to old folk songs. And then there was yodeling!!! They called a few people out of the crowd and it was hillarious to listen to these Americans try to sound like the real deal. Then they whipped out the alcohol!!! Broc Urban raced to the stage and was pouring it down his gaping mouth. Everyone was in shock, and some started laughing. It was a good conversation between he and Mr. Davis afterwards, I am sure. haha =) The entire dinner and show was so much fun and I felt like I was yodeling in Switzerland!!!

We had some down time today, so Whitney, Nicole, and I went to the lake and tried to work on our tans. It was there that we found a whole bunch of swans that were very tame and friendly. They were all gorgeous and white! We just hung out on the steps along the water and played with the swans for about an hour.

We had more free time, so my mom, Kyle, Whitney, Nicole, and I headed back to the lake. We saw people out on little rowboats and decided that we needed to join in on the fun. =) We walked down to the other side of the lake and found a shop that rented out the boats. We got a pedal boat!!!! It was SO much fun!!! We went out on a little piece of platic that floated, and pedaled ourselves around the lake. There were some motor boats that would go flying by and make waves that sent us wobbling! We all laughed and just enjoyed ourselves thoroughly. The water was beautiful and clear. The sun was shining high in the sky. It was an awesome day.

Switzerland is also known for its AMAZING chocolate. We wandered around the streets and found a chocolate shop. We all bought quite a bit of chocolate and immeditely after leaving the shop, we sat down on the curb oustide and tested the famous treat. Reputation well deserved. The chocolate was so creamy...and GOOD!!!

We also found an antique shop with a bunch of clocks, watches, music boxes, etc. My mom was in heaven as she searched the shop.