The weather wasn't all that great that day - rainy, cloudy, and gray. We did catch a glimpse of the Baron's castle way up on the hill. Not too shabby if you ask me!
Before leaving Vaduz, Mommy managed to find a nice pair of shoes for only $20! Shoes in Switzerland are so expensive, so needless to say, I was so excited when I saw the price on these!On Saturday, we decided to make one more stop before making our way to Zurich. We stopped in the city of St. Gallen - about an hour north of Buchs. We read up on some interesting things in our guide book on the cathedral there, so we figured it would be a good one to go check out. Can't leave Europe without seeing one more cathedral!
And we were so glad that we did. The Stiftskirche in St. Gallen was amazing! It actually looked rather plain on the outside:
But once inside, my jaw practically dropped! The paintings on the ceilings were amazing!!! And these photos just don't do it enough justice:
Here's a close-up on one of the ceilings:
How truly beautiful! And the orchestra was practicing when we walked in. That was pretty neat!I wish I did a better job at taking the video. Oh well... and oh! This has got to be the biggest armoire I've ever seen!
It was a rather cold day, so we didn't wander around in St. Gallen for too long. Plus, we were running low on time on the parking meter! We stopped by a children store to get Graham a new toy and made our way to a hotel by Zurich's airport.
And we actually ended up in stop-and-go traffic on a Sunday!!!
Thankfully Graham was asleep all the way to the hotel. And once we parked and Daddy went to check in, Graham was keeping himself entertained at the wheel:
Cheeky little thing!Our last night in Zurich/Switzerland was quite uneventful. We ended up having pub grub at the hotel bar as the buffet special featuring Thai food was really expensive. $60 per person!!!
On Sunday, we left for the airport at "Bob o'clock"... i.e. 8:08am. Once we returned the rental car ($100 filling up the gas tank!), we took one of MANY lifts/elevators to the check-in counter. Taking the train to our terminal was the easy part - and relaxing with the sound of Swiss horns and birds chirping in the background. Yes,... seriously!
Once we got through security (where is the family-friendly line when you need one!) and got on and off who knows how many more elevators... we finally made it to our gate. We were one of the last few people to get on the plane thanks to all those elevators! I think Bobby said there were a total of 9. I'm not sure... I lost count by about 6!Graham fell asleep pretty early on during the 9-hour flight:
And after our meal service and having one of the flight attendants prepare the bassinet, Graham played for a little bit with his new toy (this one only bought us about 5-10 minutes!):
And eventually, he did take another nap:
Once we landed in EWR - Newark, NJ, Grandma and Pop-pop came by to pick us up at the airport. We spent a few hours at their home as our layover and after a few hours headed back to the airport again to catch our flight back to Tulsa.The flight to Tulsa took 3 hours and 45 minutes due to strong headwinds! It was neat to watch the lightning out of the plane's window but I'm glad we didn't get struck by one! Bobby thought that this was one of his worst flights but I didn't think it was all that bad because Graham was asleep pretty much all of the way!
We landed by about 10:30pm, picked up our luggage, loaded up the car, and headed home. It's so nice to finally sleep in our own bed and have our own (not-so-flat!) pillows. And now if Graham would just quit waking up so many times in the middle of the night!!!
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