Spending in Switzerland

We headed North from Italy into Switzerland camping by a lake in a small town for the first night. We were lucky enough to see one of the nicest sunsets that night, capping off a day of awe inspiring sights.

We had driven up over a very high pass rather than take the tunnel under the mountain as the weather was fine and the views were spectacular. The step winding roads brought back Eva's childhood fear of tumbling off South Road as we would descend from O'Halloran Hill, but it was worth it.

The next two nights we spent in Lucerne, a very pretty town in the Alps by another lake. A mist hung over the lake the whole time we were there so we could only make out the outlines of the mountains but it was very beautiful, particularly at sunset.

We were lucky to find a few campgrounds in Switzerland as everything was very expensive to what we had been used to. Prices had been rising steadily since leaving Germany but Switzerland really hurt. Luckily we can cook for ourselves although what with dark and cold coming so much sooner it can be a pretty funny affair.

Our last day in Switzerland we had intended to spend in Bern but with no map we drove around their one way system for a bit and gave up, driving on instead to Neuchatel, another small lakeside town. We got a room above a cosy cafe (it was very cold and rainy) and spent the afternoon checking out the lake (so much water!) and the very nice cobbled old town. We were now in the French speaking part of Switzerland so we had fun throwing a few new words around as well.

Photos: One of two covered medieval bridges in Lucerne, Cooking (messily) at night, Snug as a bug, View from a roadside lookout, Our first night in Switzerland.