Dear Mommy,
After you abandoned me here in Switzerland, I moped for a
bit as neither grandma, her fiance nor her friend let me sleep with them.
It was so hot too and
when I overheard them discussing the mountains, I decided to stow away.
Such excitement – I climbed into the trunk, but got found
quickly. The driver took my presence well and seeing how hot I was began
looking for refreshing views and entertaining stops. You wouldn’t believe the
water I’ve seen on the way to the alps: Lac Léman (often simply called Lake
Geneva much to the disgust of the people in the next canton up as well as the
French who share part of its shores);
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| Lac Leman |
the Rhone river (looks awful, as it is gray,
but the driver told me that that is because it is glacial run-off so carries a
lot of stone sediment);
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| Rhone River |
an artificial lake at one of the most gorgeous highway
stops I’ve ever seen;
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| Relais du Grand Saint Bernard |
the Trient river, which flows through a gorge of the same
name and the Dranse, which runs under a too-cute-to-be-believed wooden bridge.
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| La Batiaz |
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| Pretty is, as pretty does. |
But there was also playtime –
I got to sit on the swing,
ride the frog,
climb the ropes: sure am glad she didn’t make me go down the BMX
run – my tummy felt funny just thinking of those bumps.
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| BMX park in the Chablais |
Since I am a bit afraid
of swimming I didn’t go in the lake to play with the ducks nor jump off the
bridge (Western City),
but I loved sitting at the picnic table,
posing with my
cousin and aunt
hugging a cow (thank goodness it was only a plastic one – they are
too big for me!).
Then I got to lay on a very old car, which parked by mine
A
real day to be remembered, but I am glad now to lay on the sofa and recuperate:
who knows what she’ll want to do tomorrow?
