Euro Park

Early Saturday morning found us boarding a train for Rust, Germany. The O'Connor family had long ago booked a trip to Euro Park, and when Ada and I set our dates to be in town, we were invited to join the expedition, but we would need to take two trains and a bus to meet them there,
As there would not be enough room in their car. Now Ada and Liz set off to a destination we know nothing about, needing to change trains in an unfamiliar station, with only minutes to find the right track and make the next train, and departing that train in the town of Rust, and find the bus to Euro Park - all in German, which neither of us speak! We got there without a hitch, and enjoyed two days in this most amazing park!

Together with the O'Connor family, we went on rides, saw shows, and enjoyed this German style theme park, all decorated up for Christmas. Most memorable for me was the circus - a full under-the-Big-Top extravaganza, complete with trapeze artists, magic shows, animal tricks with camels, zebras, ostriches, horses, and even a kangaroo. The Kangaroo was pretty much a one-trick-pony: he only jumped!

After a second full day in the park, Ada and I left to find the bus that would begin our return trip to Basel, while the O'Connor family left in the car for home. As we waited at the bus stop we arrived at, the appointed time for the departure of the bus came and went. We discovered too late that the bus departed at a different bus stop! Now we had not only missed the bus, but the two train connections! Again, lots of questions with answers only in German, but again, we found the right bus, and made other train connections, and made it home. Whew! Love Liz

Christmas in Basel

By now I should have sent four or five Blogs about this family trip to Switzerland, but there was no Internet accessibility during the long hours of travel, and ever since our arrival in Zurich, Ada and I have enjoyed active and long days, and endured even longer nights as jet lag kept us wide awake when we should have been sleeping!

Derek ordered a very expensive camera lens to give Angela for Christmas. All such items ordered in the USA have to be shipped to me, an in-Country address. Bringing it with me in my carry-on luggage was the safest, but it was a show stopper when it came to security inspection at Heathrow. We still could have made our connecting flight to Zurich, but Ada had inadvertently left a pair os scissors in her back pack, so the second complete search meant we missed the flight! Efforts to contact Hedy Fuglisher who was to meet us in Zurich failed, so we just had to reschedule our flight and wing it. Eventually we got to Hedy's flat, and spent two days with her, touring Zurich and visiting her brother Peter and his wife, where we had a cheese fondu that was delicious! We arrived Friday night at the O'Connors in Basel, ready for our next adventure staring early Sat. Morning. Stay tuned! Love, Liz