We decided to get away for a few days before Christmas, and Laura found some cheap flights to Basel. It's a city in the north of Switzerland and is a stone's throw from France. Because of its proximity, and because I hadn't yet been to France, we did a day trip to Strasbourg:
La cathédrale de Strasbourg. In la place de la cathédrale were some fantastic Christmas markets, you'll find some photos on Laura's flickr.
Laura in "Petite France". You might be a little confused as to why a French city has a place called "Petite France". Well the short story is that Strasbourg is so close to Germany, it actually has historically been a German city. This part of the city is architecturally quite French, hence the name.We then spent a day in Basel, before heading to Luzern/Lucerne. Here's a picture of the chapel bridge; apparently it's the most photographed monument in Switzerland.
After a day exploring Luzern, we headed up Mt. Rigi. The weather above the cloud layer was fantastic, but down in the valleys it was very dark and dull. Here's me on a toboggan. Not being familiar with snow at all, Laura and I hired one and decided to ride it down the toboggan track. Despite the four year old chidren screaming down it at ridiculous speeds, we approached with great trepidation. And it was in fact rather scary. As you can see, there's no steering as such, so a change in direction if effected by a combination of leaning and dragging your feet. This is all good fun except for the unfenced drop-offs on the outside of a few of the corners... But what a view huh?
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