Trains in the CH are pretty cool and i finally got to see the illustrious Schloss Toffen. It is an old house with portraits that follow you across the room. It was built in the 1200s with a good view over its peons in the town of Toffen.

Chocolate, cheese, wine, and bread, the four food groups, were pretty great. We took a boat across Lake Lucerne and then took the steepest cograil in the world (48% which is apparently 22 degrees) up to the top of Mt Pilatus, then took a gondola down to do some toboganning. Luckily this time there weren’t slow people ahead of me like in Austria, and i flew down the mountain in my sled. Like Maria.

Thennn on Jeanne-Marie’s birthday we went to Gruyère (CHEESE) and had lunch in the restaurant at the cheese factory. The highlight of the factory tour was Cherry the Cow, who narrated the audio tour. Very cheesy indeed.

After a birthday party for JM’s grandpa and aunt that looked like some gathering out of the Godfather, we took off for Grenoble.

PS: CH = Confederation Helvetica

PPS: Swiss trains are cool, and the best way to get to the train station is definitely on a train, not a car!!!

Tags: CH, europe, jeanne-marie