On to Switzerland

Over the channel and a quick dash to Switzerland. Neither of us had been there for many years and we were eager to see it again, thus the dash south. We stopped again at our hotel in Dinant in South Belgium, it is the ONLY hotel in Dinant, so not much option. Thankfully, it's very pleasant.

So Switzerland here we come, heading for Locarno on Lago Maggiore.....

At the border of Switzerland and Germany we have a little surprise! Since we had loaded the car further up with some "bits and pieces" at IKEA in Strasbourg, the back seat was piled high with flat-packs and I was expecting some kind of Customs reaction.
So when asked "What's in the packages and where are you going?", we quickly replied "Oh, just some IKEA stuff we're taking to Greece." The reply of "OK, now please give me 40 Euros for the sticker for the roads" was met with some relief!

The lady police officer took the money and then stuck our 2010 road sticker on the inside of the windshield. On we go.....

The drive through northern Switzerland is nothing to write home about, far less mention it here. So when we arrived at the "Lakes" we began to see the Switzerland everyone relates to - mountains, alps, lakes, happy grazing cows etc.

First stop, Lucerne for lunch overlooking the lake and the medieval bridge.


And Tower...



There to meet us was this beautiful swan...


























Some photographs of Locarno and Lago Maggiore...














More to come.......