a secret swiss day

If you know a Krieg, you know we love a plan.  While I have the best intentions of being a spontaneous, fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants type of gal, I am happiest when I know exactly what's on the agenda minute by minute, 7 days out.  

So when Stefan's dad agreed to organize a day somewhere, doing something - both of which he was determined to keep secret, I was naturally uneasy.

We were instructed to meet him at his house at the ripe hour of 7am.  We hopped in his car and winded our way through a trail of mountainous Swiss villages to Lucerne -  one of Switzerland's most famed and scenic towns.  Without saying a peep as to what was in store for the day ahead, he led us to one of the historic hotels lining the lake for coffees and croissants.   

Post breakfast, he led us to a boat, which proceeded to head down the lake towards the mountains.

After an hour or so of breath-taking views, we hopped off the boat and hopped onto an old, classic steam train.

The train then proceeded to chug straight up one of the mountains (a la The Little Engine That Could.)

 

The train led us right up into the cloud cover, where we enjoyed some vegetable soup and bread, before beginning our hike.  After some serious Swiss hiking, he led us back down to a gondola, which we took back down to a neighboring village.

We enjoyed a quick, lake-side ice cream before hopping on the boat back to Lucerne.

All in all, a spectacular day.

As Stefan's dad drove us back along the lake and through the mountains (and we dozed a bit from the excitement of the day), I whispered to Stefan: "I guess I can do without a plan if the days end up like this."  

xoxo

KK