Swiss National Day

August 1 is Swiss National Day which means no work for us today! According to Wikipedia, it has been an official national holiday since 1994, although the day had been suggested for the celebration of the foundation of the Swiss Confederacy as early as 1889….just in case you wanted some more background on that.

We moved into our hotel yesterday and have just one more night here. Nate actually left early this morning to go back to the States so it’s been just me all day. I had a lovely lunch down by the lake and then continued walking further down the lake stopping to read my book and get some delicious ice cream (it's so hard for me to resist the Swiss Movenpick ice cream). The day has been beautiful here too with mostly sunny skies and temperatures around 75 degrees (sorry, haven’t made the switch to Celsius yet). The most important thing is that it wasn’t raining!!! I’m off to dinner soon and I hear there will be fireworks as well so hopefully I’ll catch some of those.  Then tomorrow is moving day!!

My Lunch

And My View During Lunch