Well, I said I would follow up the last posting with a continuation...
So here it is...
Last we found our travelers on a train ride from Milan to Lausanne...
We arrived in the evening, settled in and got ready for the coming weeks adventures!
First on the list of adventures was a train ride to Geneva for some exploring.
It was a beautiful day to wander around, see the sights and have a wonderful lunch at my favorite Italian restaurant in Geneva - The Gondola (Angi made mention she had never been on a gondola so I thought it was appropriate).
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| Geneva... |
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| Rob & Angi at the Flower Clock |
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| CGN River Boat & Jet d'Eau |
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| Our adopted countries flag! |
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| Rob & Angi at the Jet d'Eau |
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| Rob checking it's height |
After a lovely day in Geneva we headed back to Lausanne to meet up with my husband for a delicious dinner at home. The next day I headed off for ceramics class and sent Angi & Rob off for an adventure on the CGN River boats and a day at Castle Chillon - they drank, they ate and they made merry!
Back together the next day we drove to the lovely town of Bern for a little Intellectual Fun!
When in Bern you must stop and take pictures with the mascot of the town...
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Angi & Rob (left)
Me (above)
Being friendly with Gentle Ben |
After playing with the Bern Bear, we had a great lunch at Froh Sinn, an amazing little restaurant on the streets of Bern. After a great meal we met the owner/chef of the establishment - he told us the history of the restaurant and a really cool idea he had. In the restaurant he has a wonderful painting of a group/family having dinner - the people in the painting are all his employees and himself - what a wonderful dedication to a great restaurant and staff!
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| Great place for lunch! |
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| The owner (center) & his staff! |
Bern is an amazingly beautiful town north of Lausanne on a small river with a cute old world charm...
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| An old world town... |
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| ...on a beautiful river! |
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| The colors were stunning! |
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| The town equally stunning! |
Well, I did say we had some 'Intellectual Fun'. Beyond it's beauty, great restaurants and fun shops - Bern is also the home of the Albert Einstein Museum - our next stop!
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| Musee Einstein, Bern |
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| Rob posing out front |
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| Rob helping Albert out... |
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The mirror/video
staircase... |
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| Amazing insight into the man,... |
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| ...his life & his theories! |
Time for us to leave Bern...first a beer...then a leisurely ride home.
Now for the 'Piece de resistance' - a little something I arranged for Angi, Rob and I.
Knowing that Rob & Angi have an affinity to all things Chocolate - I scheduled a class at the Callier Chocolate Factory by Gruyere. We were in for a day of 'Real' Hot Chocolate, Chocolate Mousse Three-ways and a tour of the chocolate factory...
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| The Chocolate Twins... |
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| Whipping up chocolate goodness... |
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| The Three Chocolateirs... |
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| ...and some of our creations! |
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| A White Chocolate Callier Masion |
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| Rob, Angi & our teacher Tomas |
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| The History of Chocolate... |
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| ...and the Bean room! |
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| No Oompa Loompa's...sigh |
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| For Us...Chocolate! |
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| Honey, we're home! |
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Lastly, the tasting room!
All you can eat...
Chocolate Buffet!
(Still, no Oompa Loompas) |
After all that chocolate making - what's next... Lunch and fun in Gruyere, of course!
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| Beautiful countryside... |
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| ...and a great little town! |
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| On top of the world! |
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| When you gotta go... |
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| Look out below... |
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| Hmmmm.... |
Another wonderful day of eating, drinking and generally having fun!
On our last day we needed to leave the country...
Not far, just a quick boat ride to Evian France (the home of water...lol)
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| Angi & Rob...waiting for... |
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| ...our ride! |
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| Looking back at Port Ouchy... |
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| ...and forward to France! |
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| Rob and the Reed-man |
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| The Reed-man |
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Evian Park...
Where you can fill up your
water bottles for free with
Fresh Evian Water! |
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| The official fountain... |
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Beautiful day to wander...
Then sit, have a beer
and watch the world go by! |
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| Bye, Evian... |
After a pretty full week, the three of us headed home to start packing for our journey to America the next day.
You may be asking where was Tom during our later journeys...
Well, he was actually in Paris visiting with his cousin Diane and her husband Bill. They were on holiday and in Paris for a few days so Tom decided to take a day and visit with them. I was sorry I missed that but they had a wonderful time and I was glad Tom got to see them.
Well, I think this is enough for Part 2 (and 2B) of the Amazing Race BRS...
Next up will be my adventures in Richmond and New York...
For now, we wish everybody happiness and health!
Love to all!
Ciao for now!
Ron & Tom
