Switzerland by Mia

We woke up at about 4 am on Thursday morning to get to the airport on time for our 7:30 flight to Zurich. That was really tough. Everyone pretty much slept the entire drive to the airport. Checking in and security and stuff went really smoothly, but we were the very last people to get onto the plane, so our seats weren't the best. I slept on the plane as well, and when we got to Zurich and hour and fifteen minutes later I had mostly caught up on sleep. Or at least I could walk....

The first thing I noticed about Switzerland was how clean it was! Everything from the air to the windows looked clearer and shinier. Daddy rented a brand new station wagon sort of car that is a bright, beautiful blue. The car has some cool automatic features, but some of them get really annoying, like when it beeps really loud whenever the front bumper gets close to anything. Also, there are only five seats so Sarah sits in the back with the luggage.

We drove in that car to the campsite in Jungfrau Valley. The campsite was really nice, on par with the holiday parks in Australia and New Zealand. We made Mac & cheese in the communal kitchen and watched soccer in the living room. We walked fifteen minutes to the cute little town near the campsite, which was full of adorable little houses with flower boxes full of colorful flowers. The valley is really pretty, with steep stone walls and several waterfalls and a river running through the middle. It reminds me of Yosemite.

The next morning we woke up early to catch a lift to the top of Schilthorn, which is where part of the James Bond movie Her Majesty's Secret Service was filmed. They filmed it in the restaurant and view area that is at the top. We rode to the top, stayed there for a few hours, looking at the great view and watching a paraglider take off, and then rode half way down and walked the rest of the way back. It was a really. Long walk and today I can barely walk, my legs are so sore!

We celebrated Kayley's birthday too, with lots of icecreams and candles. She got a watch and a pomegranate for her present. This morning we walked over to the entrance to a cave that has ten underground waterfalls in it, but it was expensive to go I and see them, so we didn't. Then we drove to France!