Of all our family visits to Geneva, the Ghers may have lucked out with the sun coverage. Good thing because Buzz Gher travels equipped with multiple cameras and he is not the happiest of campers without some good lighting.Similar to our other guests, we commenced the Gher travel itinerary with an SBB train trip. Swiss travel at its finest - immediate relaxation (well sorta of - Amy and mom immersed themselves in thrilling novels, I fretted over an interview with UNAIDS and dad sat poised, clicker finger cocked to capture an image at any moment). We did have an interesting experience with a man on the train who wanted to talk about all things spaghetti. "Spaghetti avec meatballs, spaghetti avec fromage, spaghetti, spaghetti, J'aime spaghetti". We stepped off the train rubbing our bellies, oddly craving carbs.
Our goal for the trip was to hit every snow-capped mountain top within reach of a day's travel. We nailed it - Matterhorn at Zermatt, Jungfraujoch at Interlaken, Mount Saleve at Geneva (oh actually, Amy and the rents were turned away from that mountain - not open on the weekends in the Winter, who knew?) It was truly amazing to see the glorious sun, snow, and peaks for miles. Peep even managed to make it into a few shots.
While my father was excited about the scenery, my mom may have been more excited about the fondue and raclette. I know I have blogged about this before, but the SWISS HAVE SOME SERIOUSLY GOOD CHEESE!! As you will see here, it was quite a day in Gruyère eating up hot bubbly cheesy goodness. It was so good that the famous Gruyère castle was an afterthought (note the absence of a photo).All in all, another great family trip. Everyone was happy all around!
