Honeymoon: Day 2

The water is drainage from all of the surrounding mountains. It is cold and crystal clear

 

 We woke up in Interlaken and we went downstairs and had the hotel breakfast.

Now, I know what you are thinking, continental breakfast...boring!

Not anywhere even close to that!

There was a brick of Alpine cheese, breads, pastries, delicious milks, juices, assorted meats, yogurts, cereal and granola and even an egg station where they would make you eggs of your choice from eggs that are farmed from their local chickens.

Oh. my. gosh. It was amazing and I am sad, looking back on it, that we didn't take any pictures. I am actually salivating as I type this!

The Jungfrau

The beautiful water

Rich found a place in every city to do his cross fit workouts... :-)

We got ready and we went for a walk around Interlaken. We found a trail that we could hike to get our blood flowing. So we decided to do it. 

The views of the city were incredible and the mountain ranges around: breathtaking.

Interlaken

At the top of the mountain

We had a beer at the top of the mountain and as we made our way back down, we had to, basically, run because it started to rain.

We made it back to the hotel in 1 piece and we got ourselves ready to go for dinner.

We stopped at a local restaurant and in broken Germen, we ordered the country's famous Rosti and Schnitzel.  Fabulously Delicious! We want to make it now!

Rosti

Schnitzel

It was a nice and calm day, which was exactly what we wanted!

Interlaken was beautiful and I definitely recommend it! 

At least for 1 full day!

Wedding Pictures!

We got our wedding pictures in the mail!!

They are soo beautiful!!

You can check out the photographers blog!

I will look at the photos and post our favorites, then we will definitely need some help choosing which to enlarge!

Yay!

We are so excited!

Honeymoon: Day 1

We landed in Zurich, Switzerland. After a long day of traveling, we were exhausted and excited to get started on our adventure....

From the beginning....

We purchased Swiss Train Passes to have unlimited access to the trains, buses, lifts and museums in all of Switzerland. We ordered them a couple of weeks in advance and were so excited because this was going to help us get around the country with ease.

Also, to prepare, we went to the bank and got some dollars converted into Swiss Francs and Euros.

On the flight from SAN to EWR we realized that we remembered the cash....however, to our horror, we did not remember the rail passes....

We touched down in EWR and immediately were on the phone with the rail company and browsing the website trying to figure out what to do....fortunately, we could return the unvalidated Swiss passes for a small fee, better than being out quite a bit of money, and we could purchase the passes in Switzerland.

Phew!

We get on the plane and cross over the Atlantic. I slept for most of the trip with Rich watched every movie and show that was played. We arrive early the next morning, picked up our packs, bought passes (for way more than we originally paid...oh well) and headed into downtown Zurich for a Rick Steves walking tour.

We did a quick tour because it was hot and humid, we were hungry and exhausted.

We decided to hop on the next train and we rode the train into Bern expecting to find a place to put our stuff down, relax a bit and enjoy our first night. Unfortunately, after visiting the tourist office, we sadly found out that every hotel in Bern was booked, except the 5 star ($500/night) hotels and camping on the outskirts in "boongalos" (the woman had the sweetest voice and said bungalow in the most endearing way!) We were not about to spend that much on the first night and we were too tired and wanting a shower to camp, so we hoped on the next train to Interlaken.


Fortunately, we were able to find a place in Interlaken to stay! We were hungry and exhausted.

All of our stuff

We checked in to our room, put our stuff down, laid on the bed, and slept for almost 3 hours!

We got up, showered and decided to go out into the town and walk around and find dinner.

Fondue...we were tired...

We stopped at the first place we found and we ate the famous fondue. It was delicious! Definitely needed!

Walking around, the Interlaken Casino is in the background.

We did some more exploring and walking around and headed back to our hotel for a good nights sleep.

Update

So we are mostly settled and unpacked, which is amazing! 

A few updates:

My "Sweeter" has recently told me that he does not like that I use our nickname on the internet and he would rather me use his real name.  So, I will be using that from now on :-)

I am currently in the beginning stages of a job search! It is exciting, fun, stressful and long. I know that I can offer any company the world and that they will be glad to have an employee like me. Wish me luck! I had 3 interviews last week and I have a follow up 2nd interview tomorrow, which is very exciting!

We are waiting to get the DVD of our wedding photos so I can share more of our favorites! I am so excited! We want to get some enlarged and framed to hang on the walls in our apartment! Yay!

I will be writing about our honeymoon, sharing stories, pictures and videos!

I hope you all are having a great day and I look forward to catching up on blogs now that we are a little more settled and I have a little more time!

I have a fun, beautiful and amazing family!!

The Message

The morning of the wedding I had a missed call from one of my long time friends.  I let the call go to voicemail because she is notorious for leaving me the most up beat, happy and sweet messages (and did I mention, they always rhyme?)

I recently got a new phone and all of my messages were erased, so I asked her if she had written it down and if she could send it to me.

Luckily, she had written it down and I thought I would share it with you all!

When reading it, imagine it to  be in a slight song :-)

Good morning, La Tache, how are you?
I know your doing great
Its the 29th of may,
 it's a very special day,
and I know it will go your way!

Because you'll marry Rich at the catholic church today.
You'll do your hair and make up in a very special way.

You'll put on the dress!
You will look the best!
Way better ....Better... than all the rest....!!!

Sooo...

La Tache enjoy your big day,
I know it will be great!
You will start your life, as brand new super wife, here is to a great ...great night!!!

It made me smile! 

I hope you all have a wonderful Friday and enjoy your weekend!

We're In

Hi All,

I know that I have not been writing...at all...Life has just been super crazy!!

We got married, went on a honeymoon, packed, I quit my job, we moved, we unpacked and now I am writing to you from sunny Los Angeles!

Super exciting!

I hope you all are enjoying your Tuesday!

Honeymoon updates to come!

Success

I hope you all are having a Successful Weekend!

It's Official

Last Thursday the husband and I went to the Social Security Office and the DMV to get the process rolling for my name change.

I got my new Social Security Card in the mail yesterday!

Woohoo!

Now I'm just waiting for my new Drivers License to come in the next month!

Wow!  What life adventures! We got married a little over a month ago, went on our honeymoon, snapped back to reality and now we move in 2 weeks up to Los Angeles for the husband to go to school! I am so proud, he was accepted into all of the schools he applied to! UCLA is lucky to have him!

Now, I need to finish my current job and find a new one and move and great re-acquainted! We am so excited!!

I hope you all are enjoying your Hump Day!