Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany Finale

We quickly found out why Switzerland is so green since the next day it rained pretty much the whole day!  It was a little harder to be a tourist after the gorgeous weather we had had the day before!  However, we tried our best and our kids were troopers too.  Saturday, we drove to the small country of Liechtenstein for a little exploring and lunch.  It was fun to add one more country to our list and see this quaint corner of Europe.  Despite the rain, the kids loved wandering the streets with us and we had a nice visit.

The castle where the king of Liechtenstein lives.

Liechtenstein lunch...

Now THAT'S a pepper shaker!

After Liechtenstein, we drove to a little town called Rapperswil in Switzerland.  It was a cute town with gorgeous window boxes, pretty churches, and then there was running in the rain!  haha!

Our last night in Zurich was serendipitously the festival of Zurich Days!  All of downtown was out- despite the rain- the streets were festive and fun.  We enjoyed seeing cultural dances, yummy pretzel stands, and a giant slip n slide.  If it hadn't been so wet and cold already, we would have definitely tried that! It was a fun evening!

The next morning we attended a great ward in Zurich.  The wonderful woman behind us let Harrison play with some of her son's cars.  I swear it was the most peaceful Sacrament meeting we have had in awhile.  

We love Sundays!

From church, we made our way back toward Germany where we would be heading back to Romania the next day.  We made a stop at Rhinefalls and the Black Forest on our way to Frankfurt.  They were super incredible stops.  

In the Black Forest, we did a short hike to Triberg Waterfalls.  We just could not get over how green and dense everything was.  So magical.  We also loved trying to find as many red squirrels that we could so we could feed them some peanuts.  Some were eaten by the squirrels, some were left on the trail for the squirrels to find later, and some were eaten by the little girl holding the peanut bag. ;)

Despite a rocky start, some rainy middle days, and a very frustrating hotel room situation for our last night, this trip was LEGENDARY!  We flew back to Bucharest on the 4th of July.  Even though we were in Germany flying to Romania, we still felt proud to represent our Stars and Stripes!

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