We are back in Switzerland! 

The flights getting here were a bit of a pain!  The first one, from SF to London Heathrow, was delayed about an hour.  We made up the time in the air, though, and landed only a few minutes late in London.  During the flight they had a lot of movies to choose from.  First I started watching Invictus, but I fell asleep halfway through as soon as I finished the dinner they served.  About halfway through the flight I tried Date Night and was able to watch the whole thing.  I was a little disappointed, as I had high hopes for a Tina Fey and Steve Carell movie,  but it was not too bad.

Originally, in SF, each of us checked one bag and had one smaller rolling bag as a carry on.  However, when we went through security in London, they told S that his carryon was too big and they made him check it.  But then when they checked it, they put the wrong tag on it (the tag for the guy who went in line before him!!)  so his bag ended up going to PARIS!  Needless to say, he was not happy.  And that bag had all his stuff and all his clothes in it (the other bag had all the gifts and purchases that he had brought for everyone else…) so he has no clothes or anything.  They are supposed to call him with more information in the next day or so.

Our second flight was delayed too… we boarded the plane about 1/2 hour late, but then had to sit on the plane for an hour before we took off.  So we landed overall about an hour late in Switzerland.  S’s family picked us up from the airport.  We had a two hour drive back to where they lived, and we stopped for dinner on the way home.  We finally got back pretty late, and after a little bit of chatting we hit the sack and pretty much passed out! 

When we woke up, we made a beeline for coffee and breakfast. 

S’s family was actually visiting France last week, and they brought back a ton of wonderful fruits, cheeses, breads, etc.  Look at this beautiful spread!!

Fresh bread:

And a plate of all kinds of cheeses:

Along with fresh blackberry pastry S’s mom baked:

I had a slice of the big one, and also at this mini one:

So cute!  But my favorite is the cheese, I had 4 different kinds:  One soft goat cheese, one peppered goat cheese, one soft, stinky cow cheese and one hard, very flavorful cheese.  Yum!  I think I could live on cheese.  Well, maybe cheese and ice cream

After breakfast, we all got ready and headed into Fribourg to take a walk.  We went to a pizzeria for lunch, where we enjoyed fresh pizza, salad, and this:

A diet coke.  In a glass bottle!  I can’t remember the last time I had a pop in a glass bottle in the US!

After lunch, we got gelato.  I got caramel creme on the bottom scoop, and pistachio on the top.  YUM!

We continued walking around Fribourg until we were tuckered out.

It was a great day. 

Now I’m sitting here contemplating what to do about my long run.  My run for today was supposed to be 12 miles, but after our hellish plane rides yesterday and the jetlag, as well as our walking around Fribourg today, I don’t feel like I could even run a mile!  What to do… what to do.  Might try to run a little tomorrow morning?