Early on Wednesday, 12th November I went into Zurich Airport to pick up Katrina,
Charles, Matthew, Hannah and Nikita Singleton, who had flown in from Melbourne, Australia. After settling in and catching up with each other we took a walk around Dagmersellen, saw the church and the Wurst-o-Mat.On Thursday we drove to Luzern to have a walk around this pretty city. We saw the Chapel Bridge, the Lion Monument and plenty of shops. Katrina bought herself a
Swiss watch, while Matthew, Hannah and Nikita feasted on giant pretzels. The family had leased a
car for their travels throughout Europe, so on Friday we caught the train to Zurich to pick up the car and see this famous city. What a wonderful delight to see not only a modern town, but the attractive narrow alleys of the old city sitting on the Zurich Lake. The falling Autumn leaves were used for fun. We walked into the Grossmunster, with its dual spires, the Fraumunster with its distinctive stained-glass windows and checked the time on Europe's largest clockface at St. Peter's
Church. Even though the day was overcast on 
Saturday, we checked the webcam at Mt. Pilatus that showed sunshine above the clouds. We decided to take our chances and rode up the two gondolas to the peak. The air was very cold, but the view was magnificent. We listened to the Swiss horns, walked through the Dragon Caves and enjoyed a beer/hot chocolates and hot chips. A quiet morning on Sunday was
welcomed by us before we went into 
Sursee to watch Alexandra and Zoe play basketball. A walk through the quiet Sunday streets of Sursee was very pleasant. On the way home we bought a Blackforest cake to treat ourselves with.Matthew went into Alexandra's English class at school on Monday morning, then Madeleine took Hannah and Nikita in at the break to meet the girls' friends. When
they got back to the house we drove off towards the Rheinfalls and S
chaffhausen. The falls were very heavy as we had had snow and rain. In Schaffhausen we had some coffee and hot chocolate to warm us up after walking through the lovely streets. Tuesday morning came and the Singletons headed off towards Koln, Germany. We were very happy to spend this week with them, knowing that there were more good times to come when we caught up later in December. 
