Tomorrow we head off for Italy stopping en route in a little town called Rueun in the West of Switzerland where we will stay on Saturday night.
Here we will be pitching our tent in the garden of a lady who is a friend of the people we have stayed with in Lausanne. She (Rita) will be meeting us at the station (it is a tiny village) and the only description I have of her is that she uses a walking cane and is in her fifties. And she has no English...it should be an interesting day.
From there we head into Italy via the alps. On Sunday, we are taking a special panaromic train with a glass roof and I am very excited about seeing the famous mountains from the train. It should be a spectacular jouney. I would love to order a beer to really saviour the view, but can only imagine the price!
Thursday (yesterday) we did a wonderful drive around the region stopping for coffee in Berne (the historic capital), having lunch in the medieval town of Friebourg and visiting Gruyere at the foot of the pre-Alps where the famous Swiss cheese comes from. What a beautiful country!
Will write next from Italy! Arrivederci.
(PS. I cannot believe Ghana managed to miss the penalty in the last minute and then get knocked out on penalties! I will have to support the Dutch from now on!)
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