Today is a travel day. We said good bye to Nancy and Mike but we knew we’d see them in about a week. We had organized a taxi to the airport but unfortunately it was quite late. Luckily there was a taxi stand near our apartment so we just got one from there. It was a good thing we did because they were boarding our plane when we got to the gate.
We flew from Rome to Zurich where we picked up a car and drove to Rick’s cousin, Irene’s house. It was a perfect spring day with lots of blooming trees, bushes, and flowers. Beautiful! We spent the afternoon organizing our time in Switzerland and catching up on the blog.
We went out and got some food for dinner. After our brief excursion I went for a walk. Irene lives in a farming town, surrounded by fields. There is a path next to the house which goes up to a reserve. I walked up and up the path. I never got to the top. I passed sheep and cows. It was weird that we saw cows only once in Italy. With all the cheese and leather products you would think there would be lots of cows but we only saw a couple. Here are some pictures from my walk.
That evening Rick cooked a good dinner of chicken, potatoes, and spargl (white asparagus). Then Marco came home, followed by Luca (Irene’s sons), and finally Irene. It was really nice to see everyone. We sat outside on the back patio and visited for awhile.