Like Hannibal, Hugh fearlessly drove the panda over the alps. Quite a trip - rather scary for a plains dweller like myself but I helped by navigating - getting around Milan was really an effort but we succeeded. The picture shows Hugh at the Simplon Pass looking for birds in the snow. Switerland is exactly like the pictures - full of snow-covered mountains and cows with bells around their necks in the flower-filled meadows. We stayed with Hugh's colleague Rafael and his lovely family. He has a pretty house that was his grandfathers and has a big orchard full of fruit trees. We had a delicious dinner of white asparagus and gorgeous cheeses and bread and much Swiss wine.
The next day I spent the morning with Brigit, Rafaels wife who looked after me and took me to see castles, fortified Churches and the old part of Sion - it was wonderful. We had another lovely lunch with my now favourite cheese called St Marcellin. Hugh and Rafael spent the morning bird-watching. We then drove to Lausanne which is also in the French part of Switzerland. The other picture is of Rafael and his family. We had a nice crepe dinner with Severine, Hughs colleague here in in Lausanne. Very nice. Au revoir!
2 comments:
mmh St Marcelin excellent choice Karen! Have you tried St Felicien?
Not yet Iadine - so much choice so little time but I will try for the sake of french-australian relations.
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