We did wine, we did Alps, then we did Luzern, Basel, Colmar and Freiburg before bidding farwell! Luzern was another gorgeous day. We cruised around the town and had a beautiful boat ride and picnic on the lake...literally, we ate on the boat! Chapel bridge was breath taking with its huge planter boxes; Mom and I had a great time taking silly photos on it! We enjoyed walking through the old city walls and towers and seeing the Lion monument.
Back in Basel we had our first day of rain. Mom and dad and I took Käte to the Tinguley museum where we enjoyed the crazy sculptures of local artist Jean Tinguley. The sculptures, made from recycled "junk," are motorized and fun for adults and kids. We enjoyed more of Norbert's great cooking and headed to Colmar to enjoy some Alsatian cuisine.
Colmar is such a beautiful French town. With water canals and old buildings, it is both a time warp and being in a post card! The buildings were so old that some were beginning to collapse and others were so crooked it is amazing that they were standing at all. We had a delicious Alsatian lunch and mom and dad and I visited a museum and art gallery. That night we headed to Freiburg Germany to stay with Lydia and Wolfram, Norbert's parents.
Freiburg, a great little city, was another day of rain, but we didn't let that stop us. We cruised around town seeing the old buildings and beautifully painted government houses. We had a delicious lunch at Barbara and Norbert's favorite brewery and we went to the top of the Münster (large cathedral). Hundreds of stairs up with the kids, mom was able to join us to! It was amazing to see photos from the Freiburg boming; the Münster was the only thing that wasn't hit...everything else was complete rubble! Dad was in heaven as Lydia had huge meat plates at dinner every night and it was very interesting to hear Wolfram's stories of being in Germany as a child while under attack.
On our way home from Freiburg we had a great last day together in the little German town of Staufen. It had a quiet little town center, lovely castle surrounded by vineyards and a famous bakery...and was it AMAZING! The bakery had at least 50 different cakes to choose from. Mom and dad both got Black Forest Cake, the region's specialty, but with so many to choose from, I looked for the prettiest one (which was not easy as they were all gorgeous!) and ended up with an amazing champagne cake!
In 2 and a half weeks, we were able to have great times eating, drinking and hiking. My American family got to meet my Swiss family, and everyone had lots of fun. It was great to have mom and dad visit and I was sad to see them go, but it won't be too long before I have to go back to the States!
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