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Luzern, Swisse
We arrived in Luzern late after spending a little time in Interlaken and taking the back ways everywhere. It was so incredibly beautiful in the mountains and countryside and we all wanted to stay there a few more days. Luzern, while pretty with it's old buildings with painted frescos just doesn't compare. Since we are staying in the same hotel for three nights we came back early (about 6) and had a little tea and put the kids to bed. A first for a long time as we are eating dinner the European way and dinner starts at eight and bed about eleven. The kids are doing better than expected and as a result they are often pushed hard into more sightseeing. It was a funny moment the other day when we drove into Switzerland and us adults were all staring open mouthed at the snow capped mountains and stunning panorama, the kids got excited when we took a photo stop because there was a playground there. They didn't care about the views that are so different than anything they've seen before, they take joy from the simpler things. It was cool to go to sleep the other night to the sound of cow bells quietly clanging as the cows wandered the steep slopes. Switzerland is strange in the way that it has no fixed language of its own - the north and middle speaks German, the west speaks French and the south speaks Italian. Often they are different dialects or versions so a German from Berlin wouldn't fully understand a Swiss-German. The signs yesterday went from ausfarht (exit) to sortie (French for exit) and back to ausfarht (German for exit which makes the kids laugh their heads off everytime they see it). We are all a little confused as to which language we should be speaking and often I'll say hello in French, thanks in Italian and goodbye in German - and to the same person!!!!  The German language is the funniest to read as their are plenty of "-farht"s and other words that mean something quite different in English. Haylee is a little bit scared of the fact that Teliah can read the signs but mostly she hasn't heard of the words we don't want her to know or read out to Tanner.
Tomorrow we are planning to go on a boat ride across Lake Luzern then up the steepest cog train in the world to Mt Pilatus then cable car it back down after (hopefully) some photo taking (today was overcast and cold and visibility was zilch) and a toboggan ride too. Of course if it's as cloudy and almost rainy like it was today we might have to rethink our plans. 
Sadly tomorrow will be our last day together until Paris in 12 days time. I'm for Spain while mum and dad go to southern Switzerland and Lake Como and Italy and the Godfreys are going to a German castle that inspired the Disney one then through Austria. I will be sad to be without them. Hopefully Spain will be much warmer as I have been wearing long trousers and long sleeved shirts since I arrived in Europe. 

Again, thanks for reading and I hope all is well for you. 
Kym