Swiss Perfection...

The last week of our adventures has been outstanding. When we first discussed what we expected from Switzerland, we both came up with seemingly unrealistic ideas of this relatively small country. To our surprise, this landlocked alpine paradise is, although expensive, everything and more than what we expected. It has the engineering excellence of Germany, the culinary expertise of France, and the scenery, well, there is no other place that we’ve visited that has scenery like this. This place isn’t just the birthplace of the world’s greatest tennis player (Roger Federer) but they have thousands of people just like him, walking around the city. It seems as though almost everyone that lives here could become a world champion of something. It’s disgusting! It makes the average person feel less than athletic.

With only a week until we pick up Ma and Pa Griffo from Milan, it’s hard not to wish we were already at the airport waiting for them. We’re so looking forward to seeing some familiar faces and sharing the rest of our holiday with some amazing travellers. In saying that, we’re ensuring that we’re filling in our time and making the most of the rest of our trip alone. We spent three nights in Geneve which was just brilliant. Although the most expensive city in Europe, Geneve has plenty you can do at little or no cost. Simply walking the streets of this incredibly multicultural city is enough to keep anyone interested for days. They have endless streets of beautiful clothes shops that kept Jamie very busy. They also have the world’s tallest water fountain at an amazing two hundred and something metres! We had the opportunity to visit the UN Headquarters for a tour which was amazing. They let us sit at some of the delegate chairs in the main general assembly hall which has been the scene for many world changing decisions from the UN. We both found this incredibly interesting, and at 10CHF each, it was a steal!

We’re now at Visp which is one of the main towns to get transport up to see the Matterhorn. It’s also one of the most spectacular areas we’ve seen because we’re so close to the alps. The view of Mont Blanc has been incredible! Andrew must have the mountain air getting to him because he keeps talking about wanting to climb mountains and mountain bike down the side... We’ll be here for a few days waiting for the weather to clear up enough to go up and see the big attraction. There may even be a chance of some summer skiing for Andrew, imagine that! We’re also heading up to see one of the bigger glaciers in Switzerland. This afternoon we filled in with watching a couple of local soccer games between a few local teams. The standard of football was comparable to our A-League which was great to watch.

More updates to come soon...

A&J xoxo