Hello from me from Switzerland ...
Well, he finally caved! Frank gave in to the cold weather and put on his thermals. Yes, to all of you who thought he was tough as, well, this will prove he's human after all!
Temperatures here are quite cold reaching zero and beyond ... but the scenery makes up for it. If I were to use one adjective to describe this small town almost in the centre of Swisse, it would be "majestic". We tried to book a train ride to the 'top of Europe' called Jungfrau but due to high winds and bad weather, the area was closed as were most of the ski resorts. We did however, catch the train to the next best spot and it was so picturesque ... the kind you see on postcards with timber cabins (with smoking chimneys) gently spraying the snow covered mountainside. An those tall, beautiful dark green pine (?) trees contrasting the landscape of snow and sky and gently running streams.
People are friendly and most will understand English with almost as many speaking it. Last night we had the local cuisine, cordon blur and snitzel, both very good. We did notice on the menu however, apart from potato appearing in every dish, horse meat is very much a favourite here! The pastries and bread are nothing to rave about (the French have secured top spot) and the Swiss also don't know how to make a latte!
That's it from me ... Italy is next and we all know what Italy is famous for (where do I start) ...
Unitl then,
Auf Wiedersehen.
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