August 1

The Swiss national Holiday…we drove to Lausanne to have dinner with Jen and Alex and their Kids, and see the fire works on Lake Geneva. We had hamburgers and Hotdogs with salad fix’ns which was delicious, then walked from their house down to the lake to watch the festivities. It is quite amazing because every little village has there own celebrations but they all do the same thing….a little parade of children with glowing lanterns to an open area that will have a massive bonfire (which is guarded by firemen and their ready water hoses), and tons and tons of fire works!!! It was really great to see. You could look down the lake and watch other village’s bonfires and fireworks. As we drove home we watch fireworks from some if the other villages and when we got to our place Cedric and Nicole and Hugo were outside lighting off their own fireworks….so we watch with them and went to bed at about 12:30 or so. I think we fell asleep listening to fireworks in the distance.