Scot to Trot: Top Ten Hitz from the Switz

Howdy-do, friend-a-diddly-doodlies!

As promised, here's a li'l ol' post about my recent trip to Switzerland to see my dear friend and soul sister Élyse. Her parents have been living in Geneva for a while, so she came over from Canada to visit them and I went over from Edinburgh to visit her visiting them. Her parents were very kind to provide me with their lovely hospitality and a fair bit of wine and Swiss cheese.

Élyse and I had a whale of a time! In only four days, we explored Geneva, took a trip down south to Lucerne and Bern and even headed over to France for a day (because when you live in Switzerland, you can just 'pop over to France' like it's no big deal).

So, here for your reading pleasure, is a list of ten hecka cool moments from my trip to the Switziest of lands:

1. The Broken Chair with an Élyse in front of it; it was constructed to honour people living with disabilities

2. HOMG it's the United Nations!!!

3. A weirdly cool carousel near Lake Geneva that we did not ride

4. Lake Geneva with an Élyse in front of it - there are Élyses everywhere in this city

5. The covered bridge furthest from the train station in Lucerne; Élyse's mama insisted we visit this one in particular (she was right, of course)

6. Mt. Pilatus overlooking Lake Lucerne. We took a boat cruise on this lake. One of us got a liiitttllle sunburnt (that person was NOT me)

7. The weird Vain Monkey flag in Bern - the wind refused to let me get a proper photo. Does anyone know what this flag means? (You know, cause I totally can't just Google it for myself...)

8. The lady in Annecy, France who is the twin of the lady painted on weird tiles in the bathroom at my parents' place - I guess she was on vacation too

9. The huge lion carving in Lucerne, a memorial to the Swiss Guards lost during the French Revolution

10. The lovely view of lovely Bern from a big ol', lovely, windy hill

Honourable mentions:

Big, big chess in Geneva - notice how it hasn't been vandalized!

Élyse glamourously drinking the water that cost us over FIVE FRANCS on the train - the rumours about Switzerland being expensive are all too true. A copy of Good Housekeeping magazine (don't judge me) cost me almost eleven francs. Well worth it, though.