Here we are Moms and Dads...at the final entry to the blog and our final 2014 CAK European Adventure day. I can hardly even remember London and Paris as they seem such a blur now. We've had SOOOOO many adventures every day more and more until the mind finally gives up and succumbs to exhaustion :-) in a good way, of course! I don't like this particular day because it means saying goodbye to Murren, to Denise and our little Chalet Fontana, to Lydia at the Stager Stubli, to Eddy at the Knife Shop. But we have SOOOOO many memories to hang onto, so many adventures, so many cultural experiences, so many ACCOMPLISHMENTS - it's a good way to end :-)
But our journey must continue on and so this morning at 7:30 we took our bags to the the little train station before breakfast and shipped them ahead to our final destination to Zurich Main Train Station. That's because we have a slow and leisurely ride today to Zurich via Lucerne which is just an absolutely beautiful city. How can one country have so many drop dead gorgeous destinations??? Don't know the answer to that - but the Swiss certainly do a fantastic job with it!
The plans for this day are just fun - let's celebrate our journey and our friendships and our last day on this picture perfect day and just enjoy the sites of Lucerne. We have lunch reservations at a little pizzeria outdoors on the cobblestone pedestrian shopping area. Most of the students order pizza margheritas and some even venture to spaghetti with lobster (thought he would get lobster chunks but ended up with a scarey looking WHOLE lobster on top)!
And of course we must visit the Jesuit Church which sits directly on the beautiful River Reuss which you see just above with Emily P. and Angie and Haley standing in the foreground. It's stunning and those are your students sitting way down on the front row. Guess what...they CAN be quiet AFTER all ;-)
Mr. Margene had planned to take us on a hike around the old medieval city fortress towers, but we opted for a change of plans, decided we were too tired and instead we spent the afternoon just exploring the old city pedestrian center and picked up a few last minute souvenirs. Mr. Margene really enjoyed the "Sherpa Store"! Those outdoorsy people - they're just so...well...outdoorsy!
Wrapping up our time in Lucerne we hopped back on the train in our reserved compartment and continued on the short jaunt to Zurich which is another stunningly beautiful city...maybe helped out by the fact that most of the world's refined gold is stored under the Bahnhofstrasse here in Zurich! The city is clean, punctual (of course), and exudes wealth beyond belief. Miss Haley spotted a complete ensemble in the Prada Window for a mere 5000 Swiss Francs...
We had our final group dinner at the famous Zeughauskellar Restaurant with the "Steak on a Sword" which Emily P. said was delicious.
We all enjoyed our last dinner and our final stroll down to the beautiful Zurich lakefront. We snapped a group picture not intending it to be our final one...the the skies opened and the rains came and we sprinted back to our hotel for devotions and preparation packing time.
We've had an absolutely fantastic time with your students! To think I was worried about "learning their names" is so far behind me now - I feel like they're my own. Angie, Jere, Haley and I hope that your students will remember their time with us and their friends and the hundreds of people and cultures that we've been a part of and experienced first hand. They are a precious bunch of young adults and I know they are missing you...that's a GOOD thing! We'll be heading out early in the morning to catch our train and our reserved carriage to the airport. We're going to try our darndest to ship Joseph's extra extra extra large Venetian Sword home with us...the little Murren Post Office said "No, too dangerous" even though we tried to convince them multiple times. I'm always anxious as we land in Knoxville and gather at the gate as we deplane. We have a brief word of prayer and preparation and then we round the corner and see ALL OF YOU! How exciting! Thank you for letting us be a part of this grand tour with your students...we love them everyone!
Good night from Zurich. See you tomorrow evening in Hot & Humid Knoxville!
Mr. Margene had planned to take us on a hike around the old medieval city fortress towers, but we opted for a change of plans, decided we were too tired and instead we spent the afternoon just exploring the old city pedestrian center and picked up a few last minute souvenirs. Mr. Margene really enjoyed the "Sherpa Store"! Those outdoorsy people - they're just so...well...outdoorsy!
Wrapping up our time in Lucerne we hopped back on the train in our reserved compartment and continued on the short jaunt to Zurich which is another stunningly beautiful city...maybe helped out by the fact that most of the world's refined gold is stored under the Bahnhofstrasse here in Zurich! The city is clean, punctual (of course), and exudes wealth beyond belief. Miss Haley spotted a complete ensemble in the Prada Window for a mere 5000 Swiss Francs...
We had our final group dinner at the famous Zeughauskellar Restaurant with the "Steak on a Sword" which Emily P. said was delicious.
We all enjoyed our last dinner and our final stroll down to the beautiful Zurich lakefront. We snapped a group picture not intending it to be our final one...the the skies opened and the rains came and we sprinted back to our hotel for devotions and preparation packing time.
We've had an absolutely fantastic time with your students! To think I was worried about "learning their names" is so far behind me now - I feel like they're my own. Angie, Jere, Haley and I hope that your students will remember their time with us and their friends and the hundreds of people and cultures that we've been a part of and experienced first hand. They are a precious bunch of young adults and I know they are missing you...that's a GOOD thing! We'll be heading out early in the morning to catch our train and our reserved carriage to the airport. We're going to try our darndest to ship Joseph's extra extra extra large Venetian Sword home with us...the little Murren Post Office said "No, too dangerous" even though we tried to convince them multiple times. I'm always anxious as we land in Knoxville and gather at the gate as we deplane. We have a brief word of prayer and preparation and then we round the corner and see ALL OF YOU! How exciting! Thank you for letting us be a part of this grand tour with your students...we love them everyone!
Good night from Zurich. See you tomorrow evening in Hot & Humid Knoxville!
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