Grandma and Grandpa Robison Visit: Part 1

In the middle of September my grandparents were able to visit us.  My grandpa loves mountains and my grandma loves chocolate, so of course they needed to come to Switzerland!  They arrived on a Tuesday, but ended up being delayed four or five hours because of mechanical troubles in Toronto.  Luckily, they were able to get some sleep on the plane because as soon as they dropped off their stuff at the apartment, I rushed them out the door to see downtown Zurich!  But first, every good Swiss trip starts off with chocolate!

Grandma and Grandpa's welcome gift, a piece of delicious Lindt chocolate

Showing them around downtown Zurich, it was a beautiful day

Hanging out with Darren at the Zurich Arboretum after he got off work

And every good Swiss trip starts off with dinner at Zeughauskeller, also!  Yes, I have the perfect itinerary down now after so many visits.  So we took them there that first night and it was delicious as always.  It was so fun to see them enjoy all the little things I like about Switzerland, too, like the special French dressing and German-style potato style.

The next morning, since it was a bit cloudy, I had us do some indoor things.  We drove down to Gruyere to visit the chocolate and cheese factories.  They had fun trying all the samples of chocolate at the Cailler factory and seeing how cheese was made at the Gruyere factory.  Then we headed into Gruyere to have lunch at the same delicious restaurant I took Dad and Macy to called Restaurant La Fleur de Lys.  Now that I have tried fondue in a bunch of different places in Switzerland, I have decided this restaurant has the best.  Grandma and Grandpa loved it, too.

Grandpa and I trying to decide what chocolate to buy

Grandma in heaven at the chocolate taste testing station at Cailler

Me eating the delicious fondue at the restaurant in Gruyere

After walking around the very cute town of Gruyere, we drove down to see the Olympic Museum in Lausanne on Lake Geneva.  Like me, Grandma loves the the Olympics, so I was excited to take her there.  In addition, both Grandpa and I did high jump in high school, so we enjoyed goofing off at the museum.

Grandma and Grandpa at the Olympic Museum

Grandpa and I trying to high jump over the world record height, I don't think we made it

Trying to get over the high jump by other means

My grandparents next to beautiful Lake Geneva

After visiting the museum, we walked a few blocks to have dinner at a creperie that I had wanted to try.  A friend in Zurich had recommended it to me when we went there last time with Dad and Macy, but we weren't able to go.  All of us got one savory and one sweet crepe and it was delicious. 

One of the crepes we ate, yum!

After dinner, we drove back to Zurich to get some rest.  The next day was going to be sunny, so I took them to the best place in Switzerland: Interlaken!  We took the train up to Kleine Scheidegg and had a great picnic lunch.  Then we hiked from there over to Mannlichen to see some more great views.

Me and Grandpa at Kleine Scheidegg

Me and Grandma with Grindelwald in the background

Doing our Sound of Music picture at Mannlichen

We took the cable car from Mannlichen back down to Wengen and got some souvenirs at one of my favorite stores.  From there, we took the train back down to Lauterbrunnen and headed home.  We had a late dinner with Darren after he got off work and then went back home.  More to come in the next post!