mind of mufasa

We’ve done it. We’re back. We’re okay.

Here’s what happened. We drove to Dijon from Paris, but it was the wrong Dijon - the GPS got it confused with a little Djon in the middle of nowhere so we ended up staying in this little town called St Dioz in France - it was just lovely. At this point I should probably explain that because a certain somebody freaked out driving around Paris (trying to leave the city in the correct direction is harder then you think!) I convinced Amber to that we should buy a new Garmin GPS. Anyway St Diaz was goregous, we stayed in a wicked campingsite where we met some dudes and got chatting to them, it turned out that we had similar taste in music and given we had no sounds they let us burn some of their music to CD (yes the car did have a CD player).

So from St Diaz we drove to Baden in Sweden where met Dylan and stayed at his sisters apartment. On the first day we chilled out and had raclette - the nicest yummiest cheesiest meal known to man. God it was good! On our second day we checked out the capital, Zurich which was fun. It was hot though and I had a grump because I was hungry and we couldnt decide on a place to eat. Apart from that all I can say about Zurich is how pretty it is, and how expensive it is. If you have a credit card you should be very afraid of Zurich. On the third day we went to see Joe and Trudy - they were two of the most amazing family friends I’ve met I cant wait to meet with them again! Trudy put on an amazing three course meal for us that consisted of well just about all food known to man. On the way home from their place we visited a huge waterfall and went smimming in the Rhine.

The river rhine is 1320 kilimoters long, runs through Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands. The Rhine and the Danube formed most of the northern frontier of the Roman Empire, and since those days the Rhine has been a vital navigable waterway, carrying trade and goods deep inland. It has also served as a defensive feature, and been the basis for regional and international borders. The many castles and prehistoric fortifications along the Rhine testify to its importance as a waterway - river traffic could be stopped at these locations, usually for the purpose of collecting tolls, by the state controlling that portion of the river. And as for us, we were hot and figured it was a good idea to go for a dip.

Then onto the Cinque Terre. Now this place was quite amazing, the five fishing villages built into costal hills…

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