sept. 16. 2012
day 7
first of all, today is camden’s 9th birthay! happy birthday cam! and in switzerland of all places, how lucky!
one of the things we love to do when we are traveling, is go to church and meet new people and see how the church is always the same, but to meet all the different people. we woke up sunday morning, and i could not push myself to get out of bed, i was exhausted, and so was little madison. i was terribly bummed to miss out, but also terribly tired, so jarom took the other three girls, and went to church. they had a great time, and on lds.org, it said church started at 10:50, but that ended up being the last hour of meetings. so they ended up catching sacrament meeting. camden was hoping to go to primary, and have them sing happy birthday, and alex was excited to meet the young women. but sacrament was what they got to go to, and it was a fun experience.
jarom and the girls picked up two pizza’s-medium size, and to show how expensive it is in switzerland, it cost 35 francs! ouch! the day before, we bought four large sandwiches, in about 15″ size baguettes, and it was 40 francs. add 10% onto that, and that’s the equivalent of a dollar. not cheap!
we dipped our feet into lake geneva with mi’chel and isabelle, and soaked in the sun and admired the alps. our little family then walked 20 minutes along lake geneva on the path over to chillon castle. this medieval castle, built in the early 12th century and renovated up to the 20th century, was marked by the savoy era, the bernese era and the vaudois era. so many rooms, it seems they started making up things to do in them.
we made it back for dinner with marielle and allan. it was absolutely a lovely evening. we enjoyed so much getting to know all these wonderful people, their stories, and a small part of switzerland. we were taken care of from head to toe, we are so very grateful for marielle’s hospitality and kindness. what a beautiful hotel, and a beautiful location!
after dinner, cam opened a card from grandma waldon(she already opened her nice camera before our trip), danced with her daddy, and then the kids decided jarom and i needed to go on a date. so we walked the path along the lake by twilight, and while we were gone, the girls wrote thank you cards and watched a movie. it was a nice close to our switzerland stay. we packed in a lot in in a short amount of time, and it was beautiful!
