Switzerland, land of snow capped peaks and corny music.

Today we left Munich after a good nights sleep. We arrived in Munich on Saturday night and we had the option to do some city sight seeing, we decided not to partake however; we have been so tired as the tour nears it's end so we decided to go back to the hotel instead.

The hotel room we had was nice, it was in the Hilton so we knew it would be a bit fancy. We had a room overlooking a stream/river and it was so hot that day - 32degrees that the balcony we had was radiating the heat and it was too hot to sit outside. Mum went to bed early afternoon and I joined her straight after dinner. We only have 4 days to go on our Europe tour so to miss Munich and be rested for Switzerland the next day was a good choice.

On the way to Switzerland, we stopped at a little Austrian village - i can't remember the name of it but will get back to you - where there were so many shops with CAKE! Cake was almost coming out of our ears! So I guess you know what we had to do - we had to have cake. It was good!

We then made another stop at lunch time in liechtenstein. Liechtenstein is a country all on its own but it's so small they call it a principality instead. It was so expensive there that we actually didn't do much, just bought some lunch which cost the equivalent of $15 for chips and a coke. Scandalous!

We arrived in Lucerne Switzerland later that day and our first look at this beautiful place was on a cruise boat cruising down lake Lucerne. This cruise was so peaceful and it was a hot day that I actually got sunburnt! Those who know me know I can get sunburnt indoors on a cloudy day so it's not unusual, but I did not expect to get sunburnt in Germany or Switzerland!

After our cruise we went for a quick city drive and saw the famous lion monument. This monument was made in honor of soldiers and it is a stunning sight to see.

That night we headed to a traditional Swiss restaurant where we dined on salads, Swiss cheese fondue with crusty bread, Rosti and veal with mushroom, and Swiss flag shaped ice cream. We were entertained by Swiss music and yodeling, horn blowing, flag throwing, you name it it was being done at this restaurant. There was even a conga line and mum joined in the fun and had a great time. A great day and a fantastic night to cap it all off.

Tomorrow we are to climb Mt pilatus by cable car and hit the shops. Can't wait! Well I can't, mum on the other hand is not feeling too good about the cable cars!