Ok I don’t know why my photos keep posting in reverse order, but I’m just glad I can get blogger to work after a month of not working, soooo I copied my draft post in reverse order and just know this day was done in reverse order where we ended in Zürich.
We were super hungry on the way to our hotel, but had skipped dinner in favor of catching the train up to the waterfall before dark. We were stoked to discover a “French Taco” place open at 10:45pm.
What is a French taco, you ask?
We still are unsure, but it was good! There were three flavors to choose from and I don’t even know how to differentiate between them because they all had everything inside. Like one had chicken parm plus Mediterranean pasta salad plus sauerkraut/fermented veggies. The one we got was chicken cordon blue plus fried eggs plus Asian stir fry plus lettuce, onion, tomato and fry sauce. It was kind of like when college roommates invent new combos in the cannon center and come up with a scrambled eggs and top ramen quesadilla. No shade to this inventive method, I mean, that’s probably how someone came up with chicken n waffles, right? And that’s a culinary masterpiece. Dinner was good and not just because it was 11 and we were very hungry and it came with sweet potato fries haha. In the future, we are calling anything that Corbin and Soren stuff into a tortilla a French Taco.
Last stop: beautiful Rhine Falls.
Meet Ha. She is on a river cruise and was SO excited to meet an American. She knew maybe 10-15 words in English and was beyond excited to use all of them. After photos together, she went into the restaurant to get her family and colleagues that she was traveling with. Huang also wanted many photos together, and she just kept pointing to me and saying “United States. United States!” And then to herself and saying, “Vietnam. Vietnam! Friends!”
Aaron was dying laughing when we took this last photo. We both thought Ha was going to kiss me. As we smiled for the photo I could feel her breath on my face. 😂 Their admiration was so genuine and I’ve never before wanted to visit Asia so badly than I do now. Bless the extroverts of the world. I don’t think I will ever forget my new soul sister, Ha.
We were told the falls were “fully and beautifully illuminated at night” so we pushed this out-of-the-way activity to very last on our itinerary because they never close, we were sad that there were not any lights on the water, but grateful we made it there with just enough daylight to catch a glimpse.
We hopped on a train for the Zurich area and at the suggestion of our friends the Mortensens, we made it to the Lindt Chocolate museum/factory 2 hours before closing. Unfortunately, they were no longer selling tickets to enter. So we did what any reasonable couple would do, and spent what we would have on entry tickets on chocolate and delicacies from the cafe.
Two cups of chocolate strawberries and Dubai pistachio white chocolate ice cream later, we posed for a photo at the fountain, got some Lindt samples, and were on our way. Best tour ever if you ask me! 🤷🏻♀️
There are hydrangeas for days here. I wish I could fill my property with them.
We did the mountain toboggan Alpine Slides a few times. They were FAST! Crazy fun. Aaron almost flew out on one run. We went too fast to safely have a phone out, but here are a couple pics from the end and beginning. We loved these! Basically ready for Winter Olympics, now. They also had an inter-tube slide. I went down that one and almost wiped out at the end. Aaron filmed and laughed and talked to our buddy from Spain who lives in Switzerland now and was hosting his company party at the mountain adventure park. We met interesting and mostly friendly people everywhere we went. The Swiss locals are SO welcoming and kind and happy you’re there to visit their country. There were multiple times we had someone behind a counter offer to store luggage for us so we could really explore an area.
In the afternoon, we took a couple busses and a rotating gondola ride up up up to the little mountain town of Sattel-Hochstuckli. Here we ate bon bons, walked across a swinging suspension skywalk that I’m sure is super safe but felt super not safe and was quite terrifying for me lol. The views from the middle were spectacular though. I think aaron took some photos. I just enjoyed being present…and was also pretty locked in on not falling over. 💀
This is the view from our room. We loved watching the paragliders drifting down off the mountainside in the mornings.
After our intense hike the day before, I was so happy Aaron had the foresight to book us both another night at the same hotel as well as a massage for each of us in the morning. What a treat! Perfect for our achy backs and tired legs. Aaron took a cold plunge in Lake Brunnen during my massage, and I enjoyed the relaxation room in the spa during his.
I had the whole place to myself and was delighted by little “sway area”. You add bedding, and with the press of a button, this little bed sways and rocks you like a baby while you nap. 😂 I felt like a newborn in one of those Mamaroo swings. It was actually awesome.
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