31st July- Schwarzsee

Today we went to Schwarzsee and climbed Kaiseregg which is the highest mountain there! I got to choose which mountain we climbed and I chose the highest, longest and most tiring walk out of all of them. It took us about five and a half hours but when we got to the top we felt really proud of ourselves; mum gave us some swiss chocolate and pringles! When we were at the top, we were so high up we were in the clouds. Now we are all really tired but happy!

Tomorrow it is national day in Switzerland so I might not be able to write but I will certainly write all about it on Sunday. Neve x

Geniva

Yesterday we went to Geniva. We had an amazing time because we went to the United Nations. We had a guided tour around the building and got to see all the meeting rooms. After we had been to look around the United Nations we went to have a look at the tallest fountain in the world but we didn't get to see it for long beacause it suddenly turned itself off and me mum and dad all teased Euan saying that he turned the fountain off! Finally we went to have a look round the old part of Geniva. We had a wonderful day out. Neve x

Wednesday- lido

It was 29 degrees celsius.
We went to the lido and I swam 100m which is 4 lengths. Afterwards we went on a bike ride wich was 2 miles but it was all up hill. Me and Euan feel very proud of ourselves because there was only one hill that we walked up and that was out of about seven.

Emmental- the place!

Today we went to emmental the place. We saw them making the cheese in the dairy so we could listen to the audo whilst they were making the cheese. We leart some interesting facts about emmental cheese like: The name of the cheese came from the river Emme. We had a fantastic day out and hot again!!!

Monday- lake

It has been a wonderful sunny day again about 85 degrees As you can see in the picture we cycled round Murten lake. Dad said it was about 16 miles! It took us 4 hours with breaks. It was really pretty and we saw vineyards and saw a man trimming vines. Neve

From Neve

It has been a wonderful day out in the mountins. Me and Euan went down the mountain on a toboggan. we were pulled up by a rope half way up the mountain and then we used the break to choose how fast we went. The weather has been amazing, Mum has made us wear loads of sun cream but we needed it!!! Neve x

Sunday

Glorious, sunny day - about 80 degrees.

We went to Schwarzee - nearby mountain lake, about 30 minutes drive. First picture opportunity - right next to the lake.

We walked around the lake and then Euan and Neve rode down a tobbogan run.

Adjusting to the prices - 2 very small beers, 2 diect cokes : £10! and having a great time.




The Walshes

A word from Dad

We are going to use this blog to record photos (and maybe even video from Neve!). The kids will be doing most of the work - hope you enjoy reading it!

Brendan