August 19

LAST DAY!!! Up the morning for a typical European breakdfast before heading off to the airport to catch out flight. Departure at 1:45 and arrival in Calgray at 3:00. We left Calgary and headed to Vancouver at 5:35 and landed in Vancouver at 6:00. Back in our van and homeward bound.:)

August 18

After saying goodbye to our house we packed up the car and headed off. Checked in at the hotel we drove out to the airport to meet the Lenoirs and give them their car. We had a drink before they headed home. We headed back to our hotel and watched some Olympics before goign to sleep.

August 17

Today was a cleanup day. Everything claned up, packed up and put away. We had the neighboors over for burgers which was nice. Then we said goodbye to them and got to bed early to be up early the next morning.

August 16

Today we were up early in the morning to get started on the lawn mowing and the recycling. Then we caught a train into Lausanne and then headed to Zurmat to do some hiking. We saw the Matterhorn which was cool and we walked along this neat little trail back down to the village where the boys bought swiss army knives. We got on a train back to Lausanne where we had a delicious fonue dinner before we headed home to Sugnens.

August 15

Today Graham and I took Grandma to the airport in Geneva to get her on her way. We came back pickd up the boys and headed into Lausanne to get some shopping done. The boys bought Swatches and Sam bought some clothes. We then headed down to a little restaurant called "Chez Roney's", which was a very nice. Headed home and went to bed early.

August 14

Today we were up at 6:30 to head to the market. We bought a couple of things-wallet, shorts, shirts to name a few. Could have spent a bit more time looking but had to go catch the train(which we ended up missing anyways). Graham got us on a 12:30 train instead, so with time to kill we headed to the to the village to get some snacks and a drink. Graham and the boys picked Grandma up and headed back to Sugnens.

August 13

Franceca, Jon anad their kids(relatives) left today after lunch. Today the sea was very rough so Sam and Charlie took the windsruf board out and tried to ride the waves, somewhat unsucessfully. Graham, Grandma and I went into Ventimiglia to look for a wine kraft, also somewhat unsucessfully. The boys stayed at home, read, played cards and listened to music. Camilla and Soren made a delicious dinner for us all. Jack and I had to say goodbye becaue we were up the next morning to catch a 10:30 train back to Lausanne. Back home to the hotel, watched some Olympics while packing up and getting ready for bed.