A Fairly Fabulous Day

The last 2 days of our trip were a little more relaxed than the first part.  We spent one day in Lucerne and the final day in Neuchatel. Lucerne is a dream.  We started with the monument of the dying lion.  It was carved in memoriam of the men that died in the Swiss Guard that was defending the French King.  Is a beautiful monument.  It is also a stunning little oasis in the middle of an urban center. We spent the rest of the morning strolling by the river and walking on the wooden, medieval bridges throughout the city.   I will just let the pictures speak for themselves.  Like I've told some friends, "You can't take a bad picture of Switzerland." The largest medieval bridge  We stopped at a sweet little cafe along the river to soak up some sunshine and have snack. A little trip recap. I don't think any of us wanted to leave, so we didn't!  We strolled around town, chatted...a lot, and bought a boatload of ch

This was the reason for our pilgrimage to Switzerland: The Walliser Alpentherme .  This amazing spa is up on top of the mountain and is filled with geothermic water from the Alps.  It was amazing, to say the least. But before hitting the spa, we needed a breakfast of champions.  The little sandwiches they had at the the cafe, were covered in the same gelatin that is used on fruit tarts.  The lady at the shop told me it's to keep them looking good all day.  It also keeps the garnishes in place.  I just liked it because it was the prettiest little egg salad sandwich I had ever eaten.  And my drink, with a cute little heart, I was dying. I bet all the people there thought we were crazy bringing our cell phones and camera by and in the pool.  But seriously, how could we not take pictures?  It was so beautiful.   Photo by: Caty Gainer Photo by Vicki Pleasant I loved my swimsuit by Unique Vintage from Endless Indulgence ! Photo by: Caty Gainer We spent

When my ex-pat friends and I bonded here in London we had many morning chats over tea and crumpets about how we should leave our men for a few days and go on a European Girls Trip.  We talked about it, and talked about it.  Then one day, we were like, we had better do this or it will not happen.  So we had a couple planning meetings, whipped out the plastic, and BAM!, girls trip to Switzerland was booked! I had a lot of people ask me "why Switzerland?!"  My response, "why not Switzerland?"  Seriously, just google Images of Switzerland and tell me you don't want to go there.  It looked gorgeous.  I also had several people tell me how amazing it was.  We wanted to go somewhere that our other halves wouldn't be sad to miss or had already been.  So: Switzerland.  (Although, after hearing about our trip, I think they want to go) Day 1: Everything went very well getting out flights and our rental car.  Nicki offered to drive.  She drove our little car