Ty and I headed out early without the kids. We took a couple trains to get to the small, lakeside French speaking town of Montreux and spent a little time there eating and walking along the lakefront where we discovered the statue of Freddie Mercury.
We then caught a boat to the Chateau de Chillon where we took a tour. I loved it and I am glad it was the first castle we saw because it was interesting and after a while all the castles in Switzerland started to blend together.
After a thorough tour of the castle, we caught another boat to make our way back to Lausanne. It ended up being a much longer boat ride than we anticipated (because I didn't read the signs right), but it was peaceful and we weren’t in a hurry. We eventually made it to Lausanne where we did Rick Steve’s walking tour and got to see a bunch of things. Lausanne is a really cool city with tons of hills and little winding streets. We got to see the sights and then we grabbed a baguette and brie and ate it on the train home. It was a really fun day and everything went pretty smoothly. I loved being able to speak the language and it helped a lot.
That evening we came home to a new James. The moment we left that morning, my mom took scissors to his way-too-long but oh-so-cute hair. He looks like such a nice boy now and it totally doesn’t fit his personality like his long crazy hair did.
The jet lag started to get a little better Friday night. James spent about 2 ½ hours in the middle of the night screaming his head off, but besides that we did ok.
Eternal beauty.
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