Switzerland

As part of their trip over here, Mum and Dad hired a chalet in Switzerland for a week so that Phil, Kylie, Mum, Dad and myself could all go and stay there and see the local sights.

The chalet itself was approx 1.5hrs drive from Geneva in the Alps. We were on the motorway most of the time which was fine, but the trip up the mountain on the B roads was quite scary - especially as I was in the passenger seat and could see straight down the mountain as we went up!

We did some walking as well as some day trips here and there. The highlight was a trip to Glacier 3000 - we had to take 2 cable cars to get up there. At the highest point we were 3000m up. The cable cars took us up a kilometre, so they were pretty exciting as well!

View from our chalet balcony

View from along the road on one of our walks (before we got lost!)

The first cable car up to Glacier 3000. The second went from the top across to the right

View from on top of the Glacier. You could see the Matterhorn as well as Mont Blanc. The rails you see in the foreground were a track with little cars on them, which we all had to have a go on of course!

It's a long way down! From the second cable car

Chateau de Chillon - on Lake Geneva near Montreux

Window inside the Chateau - looking back towards the Alps

From the top of the Keep in the Chateau

A Marmotte - an alpine rodent essentially! Quite cute though!