Our Life Across the Pond

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Engelberg

The Town Center

We stayed at a Wellness Spa. This is the view from our amazing room!

First day of skiing. Mid day break at the highest bar in Europe.

By the end of the day, we were skiing in white out conditions.

Apres Ski on the base of the mountain.

Second day of skiing...all of the snow the night before led to a lot of powder. Fresh snow, 45 and sunny, perfect ski day!

An afternoon beer and lounge chairs, mid mountain.

Stands with mulled wine in the streets.

Dinner at the hotel included a live pianist and a whole fish!

And the wellness portion of the trip! Thanks to Josh's Christmas present, we got a full body massage and Moxa treatment (exactly like acupuncture except with sticks).

The steam room, sauna, aroma room and foot bath were all located in the NAKED ZONE. The Europeans do not leave anything for the imagination.

Monday, January 10, 2011

Lucern

A picture from the train...Switzerland countryside.

We decided to make a pit stop in Lucerne on our way from Geneva to Engelberg.

The city full of bridges.

Sunday, January 9, 2011

We spent our first Christmas overseas in Switzerland. We decided to take 10 days and see as much as humanly possible. Our trip started in Geneva then took us to Lucerne, Engelberg, Zurich and finally Basel. It was really hard to be away from family and friends over the holidays but our trusty computer made the trip with us, so we were able to skype.

We pounded the pavement and did every recommended tour in each city
saw an amazing art museum
played life size checkers in a park
had mulled wine at the top of Mont Blanc
took morning runs taking in all the sites around us
visited tons of coffee and wine bars
went to a Christmas Day Church service that was in French
got snowed on, rained on and pooped on by pigeons
had an unbelievable 9 course dinner Christmas Eve (Josh had 4 of mine)
played Apples to Apples with friends from Dallas in Zurich
attended a Christmas Day Dinner party hosted by a bunch of Brazilians in Geneva (random)
skied entirely out of the boundaries for two days straight
had a coffee and bailey's at the highest bar in Europe
played UNO in bars, parks, trains etc.
watched a 45 minute fireworks show on New Years Eve in Zurich
made new friends everywhere we went
got spa treatments overlooking the Swiss Alps, (and saw far too much European skin in the "Naked Zone" at our Engelberg Resort)
attended the opening of the "hottest" club in Zurich (and partied like we were 18)
spun around in circles on a Merry-Go-Round for an hour on Christmas day
walked down (not shopped down) one of the most notorious shopping streets in Europe
and the list could go on and on and on

We truly enjoyed everything that Switzerland had to offer and look forward to going back!

And the pictures start with Geneva...

Christmas Eve

Our Christmas tree!?!

Christmas Day service...although it was in French, we believe it had a great message

Palais de Justice

Cathedrale St. Pierre

Christmas Day glass of champagne

The Museum of Art & History

"We are here"

Our snowman

Checkers in the park

Uno, wine and Switzerland research

Christmas Party!

Cable car taking us to the top of Mont Blanc

Amazing views

Geneva...cold but sunny!

Saturday, January 8, 2011

Happy Holidays From Us!

We though we would save some money and ship all our Christmas Cards in bulk to Josh's mom and have her mail them for us. Apparently they are lost somewhere between Guernsey and Centerville, OH. We are hoping they arrive in time for Christmas 2011.