Sunday, April 21, 2013

What? No Alps?

We are safely in Switzerland, very tired as neither one of us slept on the flight--which was uneventful.

We got our rental car--a Mercedes B180 Diesel. Aaron had spent a lot of time getting us a good deal on the car--even looking at the fine print. However, to our astonishment we were told that because we would be leaving the car in the Czech Republic, there was a $2000 franc charge (to transport it back) and because we were getting a GPS there was a $180 charge to transport it back. The lady worked with us and got us a German car (Didn't need to bring it back) we still had to do the GPS charge. Plus the $43 Francs to drive on the autobahn. It ended up a little more than what we had planned, but better than what we were told at first. Oh, I guess I should say we are leaving the car in Stuttgart Germany and taking a train from there to Prague. No Problem--we are having an adventure and enjoying ourselves!

Switzerland is beautiful with rolling brilliant green hills and beautiful lakes. The trees look like they could be Pacific Northwest transplants. The homes all have that Swiss look to them. There are a lot of older buildings in the city of Zurich as well as out in the country here in Kloster Kappel.

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