Schweiz!

Translation? SWITZERLAND! That's right :-) At the end of our amazing week at Bodenseehof, my family decided to celebrate Christian's 10th birthday with Mama's mother--across the lake in Switzerland!



 We packed up and were pulling out of the Bodenseehof parking lot by 10:00am and after a short drive, reached the ferry that took us across the water to the beautiful sky scraping mountains of Switzerland. The ferry ride was short but absolutely gorgeous! Looking back at Germany all I could see was hillsides covered in vineyards and in front of us was the magnificent Alps. Sadly, pictures just don't do the beauty justice :-(

Once we reached Switzerland, the hour car ride to "Grossy's" began. Although I felt like I child, I just couldn't stop looking out the window--it was so beautiful! I've come to the conclusion that Switzerland has a shade of green that cannot be found anywhere else--how else could a regular old hillside scattered with houses be so incredible? we passed some of the most European looking homes I've ever seen and Samuel sent up the cry "Kuhe!" each time we passed a field full of cows...and that had to have been at least a dozen times :-)

 

Grossy was waiting for us with Christians birthday lunch (and dessert) all ready and prepared and we had a wonderful time. After lunch I faced a very difficult task that I really didn't enjoy but it turned out okay....I had to choose.......

Swiss chocolate and more of it than I have ever seen in one place! I ended up with two bars. The first was milk chocolate with what I thought was a yogurt filling but turned out to be a sour cream (a sour cream--not sour cream) but it was delicious anyway! The second was white chocolate with what I think was toffee and hazelnuts--also quite yummy :-)

Once we left, I expected we would go spend the afternoon at Grossy's--well, was I ever wrong! After 30 minutes of driving we pulled up at the base of a beautiful mountain. Not 30 minutes later we were in a gondola making our way to the 7200 ft peak of that beautiful mountain. The view was incredible and I could see for miles and miles on end. Need I say more?



After approximately a million pictures of the exact same scenery, we rode the gondola back down, had dinner at Grossy's, and hit the road around 8:00. By 11:00 I was snug and cozy in my bed at home and finally--this time for real--DONE living out of a suitcase!!