Friday, September 08, 2006

we're in vals

hello everyone,
i'm not going to write much since there's a line for the only public computer here and this is some strange german keyboard with the letters in weird places. but quickly, we're in vals!! we had one last amazing day in paris walking around, seeing a few famous biblioteques, a few famous parks (the luxemborg and some new modern slightly controversial one that i forget the name of), saw an awesome unexpected mongolian throat singing show in front of the pompadu (i probably just butchered the spelling of that) center while eating awesome baguettes we got at a random patisserie. in all, our last full day in paris was wonderful.
we spent most of yesterday on the train. from paris to basel, to chur, to illanz. then we took a 30 minute bus from illanz to vals. talk about a sketchy mountain road. on a few turns, the bus driver had to honk its horn because it was a completely blind turn and down to only one lane. but hello! it's the swiss alps!!! we have one insane view from our hotel room of a huge towering mountain. last night, we used the baths here for the first time. it was amazing. too much to say with this german guy glaring at me to hurry up.
i promise to write more when we get to nimes. and i'll post pics too since we've taken a TON already. i only have 200 pics left on my gig!!
we just finished our morning session at the baths and i'm a limp noodle.
thanks for reading and posting comments!!
love, kathy + garrett (who is still bathing downstairs)

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Write more soon, Kathy!!! And careful on the mountains, OK? Remember some of the mountains we went up in Taiwan?! SCARY. xoxo kaye

Anonymous said...

Ha ha, I remember all the sketchy bus rides and drivers in Europe...:) I guess that's part of the fun. Enjoy your time in Vals.

Anonymous said...

Okay, you just need to tell that glaring German bloke to back off as it is of the most importance that I see evidence of this shang-ri-la pronto! Oh, to be taking a hot, mineral bath in a high mountain setting with nothing but decadence on my schedule. You are living the life, Girl! Enjoy every second of it and continuing keeping us (the vicarious travel junkies) posted. It's so fun to follow you! Happy Trails, Molly