We have just come back from a brilliant trip to Switzerland! The weather was awesome throughout our trip. We spent most of the time in Lucerne, where we stayed at the Hotel Drei Koenig. On our first day we decided to wander around Lucerne’s Old Town and see as much of it as possible. We ended up quite dreadfully tired and in the evening we just went back to the hotel and simply crashed.

We went on a trip to Mount Titlis the next day. Mount Titlis is one of the highest mountains in Switzerland, at 10,000 feet. I must admit to feeling quite terrified at that height. I was feeling quite disorientated.

The next day we made a long hiking trip up Mount Rigi-Kulm. To get to the start of the hiking point, you have to take a cruise along the river, then a trip up the mountains by train, before you get to your starting point. This is the day of our trip which I think we enjoyed the most.

We spent the rest of the trip in and around Lucerne and on the last day we made a day trip to Zurich. This allowed us to catch our flight straight from Zurich Airport back to London. All in all, a wonderful and highly recommended to anyone interested

We just spent a lovely few days in Shakespeare Country. We stayed at the Ambleside guest house and also managed to visit Warwick Castle while we were there.

Stratford-upon-Avon is a lovely small town and we enjoyed several walks through the town centre (it only took about 30 minutes to walk around it). I highly recommend the Bensons and Crabtree and Evelyn cafes there. We ate a lot and had quite a few excellent cream teas. For those who don’t know, English Cream Tea is usually served with scones and Clotted cream (an English specialty), butter and a selection of jams. Lovely stuff

We also went to see a production of The Canterbury Tales Part 2 at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre. The performances were quite good, and I left wanting to see the first part but we had to leave the next day. We also spent a lot of time sitting idly by the river next to the theatre, watching the ducks and swans go by. It was a very relaxing experience. We tried to get a river cruise but nobody seemed to be doing any at the time. Perhaps it was too cold at the time.

Nevertheless, we had a great time and we will definitely just go there someday in the summer once again to sit by that lovely serene river and just relax …

As always, I’ve uploaded all the pictures to Flickr.