DAY 6

Gütes Neues Jahr! (That is Swiss-German for Happy New Year. It is pronounced like ‘Gootes Noi-yes Yar’). Our group stumbled to breakfast in the hotel at about 10am. At 10:45 we headed into town for some shopping. Almost all the stores were closed for the holiday, but a couple opened up for us to come and buy some souvenirs. Some things Switzerland would be famous for would be their watches, Swiss army knives, and chocolates. We picked up a couple things for our families and ourselves J. We then had some time to stroll around the town where we admired the gorgeous, clear lake surrounded completely by mountains. We walked across the oldest covered wooden bridge in the whole world, then we went and saw the lion monument carved in the side of a mountain, and played with some of the rather large swan that inhabit the lake. One of them bit Matt’s finger! Next, we met up with our group to go to a local restaurant by the town square where we enjoyed some spectacular Swiss fondue. The cheese was incredible! After that was finished, we headed back to the lake and boarded a boat, which we took for a cruise around the lake as the sun went down behind the mountains. Hot red wine is a popular drink here during this time of year, and they had some of that for us to sip on during the cruise. After a long night of celebrating the New Year and all the activities we did this day, everyone on the tour was pretty tired. We made our way back to the hotel where we were able to enjoy a nice dinner once again, and then headed to our rooms for a siesta. We decided to take it easy tonight, so we cuddled up close in our heat-less hotel room to watch a movie before bed.