Switzerland / France Day 1

After months of getting together, eating, drinking wine and planning our trip the day arrived for us to head to Germany, Switzerland and France.  Thanks to Liz for all her helpful suggestions and making the reservations for our hotels, tours and trains.

Our first stop was Konstanz Germany to visit the Mainau Island on Lake Constance.  What a beautiful place with 111 acres of landscaping.  There are over 3,000 Orchids.  In the summer over 20,000 roses are in bloom with 1,200 varieties  In the fall there are 12,000 Dahlias in ever variety of color.

 I think this would be the perfect place for all types of special occasion photo shootings.

 The girls....Look how well we line up.  Think there is a type A here?

 Liz and Wayne.

 This is a waterfall cased in this lovely stone work that flows to the lake.

 Everywhere you looked there were beautiful vivid colors.

 The last trip we took, we threw leaves up in the air.  We found more leaves and had to do it again.

 Our handsome princes!

Liz had set up a Schnapps Tasting on the island.  Remind you that this is our first day.  We have just arrived Zurich, jumped on the train to Konstanz, checked into our hotel and back out for a walk and schnapps tasting.

 Our tour/Schnapps guide.  They had some very unusual flavors.  Not my favorite.

Liz and Kathy enjoying the Schnapps. 

We found a lovely bar next to our hotel.  Time to wind down the day with a drink and reflect on all that we experienced that day.  What a great day 1.

 Someone asked what time it was and Mary provided two watches and a shocker.  One watch with Dallas time and the other with Germany time.