Good afternoon from Zurich,

Some days you just never should get out of bed and yesterday was one of those. It all started off really well, we had planned an nice simple dinner for Hans and Rolis return from their cruise as we know they will have been living the highlife onboard.

First off we hit the supermarket and purchased the necessary ingrediants for a fab dinner: eggs, bacon, ham hock, parsley, chive and shallots for the pie which was to be accompained by a simple salad and fresh strawberries and cheese to complete the dinner. Then down to the bottle shop for the champagne and wines, off to the flower seller for some wonderful orchids to adorn the table and we were set.

Back home and the preparations began, everything going wonderfully. I smsed Hans just to check on the arrival time and got the reply "landing in Zurich around 5pm" so into full swing we went. Everything ready and chopped, mixed, sliced, pastry thawed and the oven hot and waiting. Hmmmm 6pm and no Hans and Roli, 6.30pm no Hans and Roli, just better  check the calendar - AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH a day early. Arriving Sunday not Saturday.

So, last night for dinner we had a great pie with some really nice wine. LOL LOL LOL as I said at the start some days ------- LOL

Today, Sunday we decided to head down to Bern for a look see as it is the capital of Switzerland. Unfortunately the weather gave us our first taste of winter, wet, cold and generally miserable. Our first cold wet day so far on the trip.

Bern is very pretty and I am sure on a good day spectacular. The city centre is full of flowers, fountains and medival buildings with cobbled roads and paths. The highlights of the area are: the House of Parliment,

The amazing clock towers that really do look like cuckoo clocks

The floral decorations adorning almost every window in every building giving the street a wonderful soft look.

and the river that rushes through the centre of town under old stone bridges and past the windows of the houses.

But for all that it was sooooo dam cold that we ended up doing Bern in 2 hours and rushing back to the station to come back to Zurich to settle down in a heated apartment. Now you can call us weak etc but you have to remember we came with only summer clothes and left all our heavy Melbourne stuff back in the wardrobe, so we were really feeling it.

Hans and Roli should be in the air and about 2 hours away now, wonder what we will do for dinner tonight because we ate all the goodies last night LOL.