Grandparents Day

Friday was Grandparents Day and I was called to see if I could join Colton for lunch on Friday at school...and then that evening I got a message that Tayler was having Grandparents Day Tea at her preschool.

Tayler's was at 9 am and Colton's at 10:30 am...

 

Jenn was leaving town and both my others girls had school that day....so what do you do?

You close your store and post on facebook and put a sign in the window that you'll open at Noon cause you have Grandparents Day.

Sometimes somethings are just more important than the mighty dollar.

 Colton had called the night before to see if I could bring McDonald's to school for him..he had seen other kids with it before when parents have come to school to eat with their kids...so I said sure...I had a few extra minutes between leaving Tayler's school and getting to Colton's.

 But McDonald's doesn't serve lunch until 10:30 and Colton's lunch is at 10:30...so I went next door to Jack In The Box...he was still happy with the hamburger just the same and ate all his food.

It was a fun time spending with my babies...I have waited for a long time to attend a Grandparents Day event at school...can't wait to do that with the other ones as well.

 

Colton didn't want me leave, he wanted me to stay at school with him...and Tayler didn't want me to go either that she cried and I felt so bad...she's such a sensitive little thing.

 

I'm a blessed Muggy, Grams and Grandma to have such beautiful grandchildren.

I love you Colton, Hayden, Liam, Tayler and Noah!



Switzerland...Day 3...Our Final Farewell

 

So today I will share with you our last day in Switzerland...I must warn you....it's possible this post will be long...I don't want to prolong the end so I will show you everything in one last travel post.

 

As I write this I'm trying to upload a video as to not post as many pictures but having a hard time getting it to load...so, if you get to the end of this post and no video you know why.

 We had decided to head out to Schaffhausen and visit Rhein Falls, the biggest waterfall in Europe...it's a mini version of Niagara Falls but no else beautiful.

 We had missed our stop to get off the train so we had to get off at the next stop and back track...we saw a DHL guy so we asked which way to walk and he showed us a path that would take us a long the banks of the river Rhein...It was only a couple miles and a beautiful walk.

 the pictures you have seen above and some below is some of what we saw on our journey to the falls....I love seeing what I call Christmas trees just growing in yards and sun light on them and they don't dry up.

 

What a view to have out your backyard.

 It was a pleasant walk and such a beautiful day...the weather could not of been any better.

 and a guy sun bathing...

 I know...just beautiful...not the guy...the view between the trees

 you can tell we are getting closer as the water current is getting stronger and you can hear the sound of the water

 pictures do not do this place justice....

 we will be walking over that bridge...there is a walk way on each side and a train track in the middle

 before getting close up to the falls we of course had to buy a ticket....we just opt for the one that gave us the view...you can take a boat ride and get closer but we felt like we had already done that in Niagara that the view was just fine.

 

We actually experienced Niagara Falls together so it was cool to experience this one as well.

 so to get to the falls we went through the grounds of Laufen Castle..a small castle and very beautiful...we did not go in....the view from the outside was good enough

 a beautiful fountain

 

 we have arrived...a big rock type of thing in the middle that has a platform at the bottom that a boat will drop you off and you can walk up it and the boat comes back and picks you up....not a big area to stand on but looked cool all the same.

 more of the falls

and then here is some video (I hope that turns out...I guess I'll find out when I post this post)

 

 

After we had seen the falls and took all the pictures we could take it was time to head back to the train top...the correct one right outside the falls...no back tracking for this girl...I already made that walk.

 

While waiting I thought it would be cool to get a picture of a train tunnel...how many times will that opportunity happen.

 a little countryside on the way back....in all the open land around us we saw 2 bikers

 there were tons of fields filled with sunflowers

 more countryside

 Once back in Zurich we went back to the hotel...freshened up and decided to head out for a early dinner...we walked around a little and decided to try this place...we sat outside and it was directly across the river from our hotel...we  saw this place every night from across the river of our hotel.. it was a good choice.

 

 

we enjoyed a nice light meal and 2 bottles of wine plus one extra glass each...

it was a good choice to spend our last night.

We had a little language barrier with the waitress but she couldn't of been more friendly and really tried to communicate.

 

We sat and talked about our trip, how we were sad to see it end and enjoyed the view of our hotel.

After we were done we decided to walk some of the wine off .

 

 and us being silly...taking pictures of each other

and our last picture together on our European Vacation.

 

We had a wonderful time...had good weather...no rain...the only rain happened when we were in another town.

 

I will say that I enjoyed Switzerland, it is beautiful and the weather was to die for but I so loved Italy...and had I known how much I would of enjoyed Italy we would of spent those last 3 days in another Italian city instead of heading to Switzerland...but still, the whole trip was fantastic....I think about it everyday, especially San Marco square in Venice...I wish every night could be in San Marco square.

 

I loved Italy SOOOO much that I told my cousin to save up, that we are headed back in either the fall of 2013 or the beginning of 2014...I need to go and see the other Italian cities I have not seen yet...and if you decide you want to travel to Italy and need a travel companion, I'm your girl, just call.

 

For those of you that followed my travels on this blog...thank you for taking the time and allowing me to share with you...hopefully you'll return for more blog post to come...I blog on what means something to me...so you never know...you may find yourself on the bog with a great tale to tell.



Switzerland...Day 2...Part Two...An Afternoon in Luzern (Lucerne)

So we called our cab driver that took us to Mt Pilatus to come back and get us and take us to the town of Luzern...near Old Town..this is where he dropped us off...at Chapel Bridge Kapellbrucke)

 

 

I had seen it in pictures and it was on my list of things to see but man was this beautiful....I had no idea

 the bridge crosses over the river Reuss

 under the covering of the bridge is just gorgeous with paintings...can you tell I liked this bridge...it was hard for me to choose which pictures of it to share with you

 the bridge was built in 1333 to help defend the city...after a fire in 1933 the landmark was restored

 and the swans just make this beautiful

 and a view from the bridge

 this town was just gorgeous

 it was a great place to walk and sight see

 while walking around we found this cute gift store with with this cute Swiss dude we had to take pictures with (lol)....inside this store is where I found my Luzern ornament...I love collecting ornaments from different places

 views while we walked

 after walking around Old Town we walked near Lake Luzern...so beautiful with the Alps in the background...I think I hear that song again

 lots of people on the lake and sitting around steps along the lake...the lake is in the heart of town

 people were sitting around feeding the swans and what I think are ducks  but I guess maybe they may be the ugly ducklings that will eventually turn into a beautiful swan...they were all along the waters edge

only thing this picture is missing is some snow



 we made our way to the Dying Lion Lucerne Monument

it is a famous carving in a small park that was made to commemorate hundreds of Swiss guards killed by mobs who stormed Tuilleries Palace in Paris during the French Revolution in 1792

After this we hit a couple shops along our walk back to the train station ...it was time to head back to Zurich and end our night and figure out what would be our plan for tomorrow.

 

Once back in Zurich it was rainy...it had started to rain when we were at the train station that morning and apparently it had rained all day...so it ended up being a good choice on how we spend our day, not a drop of rain in sight where we were.

 

We got back to our hotel around 5pm and most of the shops around us were closed and some eateries as well...we got a umbrella from the hotel and were headed out for dinner, we didn't want the rain to stop our evening...we decided to try this cute place we saw the night before and try the fondue...sitting was inside due to the rain.

 

We walked in and asked if we could get a table, we were told to wait and we did for 5 minutes and when they returned they seated the locals behind us and left us there...one guy had made the comment to the others "English" as to that is what we spoke...they came back and got us and sat us right next to young guys they sat before us...there were just a few people in this place so why we had to sit right next to someone who was loud and we could not hear our own conversation is beside me...they came to take their drink order and not ours...after 10 minutes we felt uncomfortable and out of place and were already not enjoying our evening the rethat we decided to just get up and leave...and so we did.

 

We went up the street to a place where we ordered some food to go and took it to our hotel, enjoyed the view and ordered and bottle of wine up to our room...it ended up being the perfect night...and then we made our game plan on what we would do tomorrow.

 

Stay tuned for our wonderful last day in Switzerland.