Hotel Royal Crans-Montana

... I did move a bit slowly because of the hidden protrusions. After almost an hour the path I was on intersected with a road. There was a homemade sign saying Robert Farm was only 500m away. I continued along the path, which ran more or less parallel to the road, and finally came to a parking lot. I was very excited to know I was at Robert Farm, and walked quickly across the blacktop to the nearest walking path signs to ...

... all congratulated Daniel on his new start in life. We changed out of our wet clothes in the woods at the wat**s edge and hiked back up the steep hill side to the cars.<br><br>The drive back to Trélex was I think even more beautiful. The sun was setting and lights coming on in the mountains. We drove back along the chemin des montagnes, the mountain trail that parallels the crest of the Jura and goes through miles of Alpage meadows. As we descended ...

... and, of course, Swiss chocolate.<br><br>The conversation was varied and interesting: plans for the future of the work of our church organization, the advantages and dangers of the Internet, generational attitudes toward the Internet, changes in the world over the past decades and so on.<br><br>Around 5:00, as the sun set, Jean-Marc and Daniel began preparing dinner: a cheese fondue. It was ready about 6:00 and sat down for a delightful dinner. If you've ...

At 10:00 the Air France flight took off for Geneva. By this time the sky was clear and we flew right over Paris. I would see the Arc de Triomphe, and the Dome of the Invalides very clearly. I could even pick out the street corner where one of my usual hotels is located. It was cloudy and clear in patches on the way to Switzerland. The Jura Mountains to the west of Geneva were clear, and lightly powdered with snow, as we descended. Lake Geneva (as we call it in English &#8211; the ...

Yesterday I felt myself becoming sick as my throat became tighter and tighter. By tonight it was really sore and I was worried I might be coming down with Strep or a sinus infection at the least. Wanting to make sure that I would be able to fly home for the weekend, I inquired at the hotel if there was a walk-in type of clinic anywhere. They directed me to one and I went there tonight.<br><br>Upon arrival I checked in at the ...

When we had first organised our trip, we had looked at getting a Swiss Pass along with our Eurail Pass but had been told it wasn't worth us getting. After working out what we wanted to do and talking to the information people at the train station, we decided to get a 4 day Swiss Pass- with this, we got a free family card which allowed the kids to basically travel free. This made it totally worthwhile for us.<br><br>We decided to travel to Montreux by train which was a ...

... train station, in fact it was right on the railway &#8211;we could literally walk up some steps and down a platform and we were on Number 9 platform. Luckily our room was on the other side of the building and we had a view (in the distance) of Lake Geneva. We had 4 bunk beds in a private room and our own private bathroom across the hall. We were ...

My plan for the weekend was to go on both school trips- I was going to do Lausanne on Friday and Neuchatel on Saturday. Lausanne left at 9:30, so I got up at 8:30, got ready to go and headed over to Savoy for a quick breakfast before the trip was scheduled to leave. I walked into Savoy at 9:20 (okay so a very quick breakfast) and Charlotte motioned me over to her classroom. So, I went over to see what was up. She asked me if I'd talked to Immigration. So ...

Well, we had another amazing day here. We slept like logs (and some of us snored like logs). Breakfast was decent - bread, sliced meat and cheese, and fruit. They have tiny packets of Nutella that you can have with your bread - YUMMY!!! After breakfast, we took trains and gondolas to the top of the mountain. The view was beyond breathtaking. I can't wait to share it with ...

... any more money. I was really tired after the bus and everything so it was probably a good thing anyways. The next day we had to be up early to go to a meeting at the United Nations High Commissioner of Human Rights building. I swear the building that they had the talk in looked like it was a converted gas station. I was so confused when Jerry told us to go in because it is about the least imposing building I had ever seen. Apparently the real headquarters were behind it, but still the ...