Switzerland for a few days.

20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd of April.
After the Exchange weekend I had a few days free, and couldn't think of a better way to spend them with my kind of Aunt, Heidi, Uncle, Colin and cousin, Jonah.
So I made the 3 hour something journey over to Winterthur. How cool is it that another country is so close and easy to go to? With such a welcoming and lovely house to go to whenever I please?
I arrived at the station of Heidi's village, with Heidi and Jonah there waiting for me.
Switzerland is so beautiful in the Spring! As is France, but I haven't seen so much of the rolling green pastures, and lush country-side! As we wandered back, we noticed the complete lack of snow, in complete comparison to the last time I was there, and admired all the beautiful Daffodils and Tulips which grow like pests in Europe in the Spring. They're everywhere, in every colour. It's so beautiful. =)
With Spring, comes longer days, and warmer weather. We ate dinner outside in the evening light. It was lovely.

The next day Heidi had the idea of going to a pool in the next town. I haad heard of it in my last vosot, but I didn't bring my bathes. I came prepared this time. It was such a nice pool!! We lazed around, as per habit in Switzerland, which is soo good. After the pool we bought some strawberries and couldn't wait until we got home to eat them, so we had them at the station. In the evening we made a plan to go to the Swiss Alps in the morning, and to get up at 8am! Shock, horror!!

So the following day, we made it with good time to the train, and caught 3 before catching the bus up the mountain, and then a funuclar up to the summit. It was AMAZING. Really. After a while it got a bit cloudy, so you couldn't see heaps, but it was still MAGNIFIQUE!! (magnificent in French) After eating sandwiches on the summit, we went to the traditional Swiss café for a drink on the summit. It was soo cute! With the paintings and Swiss music. =) We had hot drinks to defrost our insides.
We made the journey home, and were pretty tired by the evening.

The next day I left for France, with Heidi taking to Winterthur. I had a half hour in Zurich, so I wandered up the mainstreet a bit, just to absorb the wonderfull atmosphere. =)

I love Switzerland and Europe!!!