Switzerland!

Last weekend, on a bit of a whim, Will and I went to Zürich. We took the train and stayed with a friend of his who use to work at our school. The reason we went was to go skiing. So on Saturday all of us (his friend, her husband, 2 year old daughter and au pair) drove into the mountains. Now, I had only skied 3 times in my life, so was a bit nervous about this. In the end I loved it, even though I spent some of the time terrified.

Will skiing with Sophia. She was super cute :)

Me skiing with a beautiful backdroup

The weather at the beginning was really not great. We actually got stopped by the police on the way up to make sure we had 4-wheel drive or chains on. Good thing too as just after that we saw a crane pulling a car up from down the side of the mountain. Later the clouds cleared and the sun came out. Just in time for a picnic lunch! That made the day for sure. I think what really got me was how beautiful it was, and how good it felt to see some proper mountains.

Our view later in the day - AMAZING!!!

Some real mountains - nice to see after the hills of Frankfurt

On Sunday we went into Zürich for a little while before catching the train home. We didn't see too much of the city, but enjoyed some sunshine while walking along lake. We also hunted down some milk-free (for Cara) chocolate to take back to share. Here is one of the only photos I took in the city: