In Switzerland at last!

The town of Arbon

 Hey everyone

I finally made it to Switzerland! After a number of trips to the Swiss Embassy in Pretoria, postponing my flight and a lot of stressing, I finally got a Shengen Visa.  I flew with Swiss Airlines. The flight in economy class was comfortable but not enough to make you think you are in business class or something better. I got the feeling they wanted me to know I'm in economy class but then again it could all just be perceived on my part. Nevertheless I got here safely.

View from my room.

The photos you above are of the view from my room. I am staying at a friend's house in Arbon, a little town next to the Lake of Constance/Bodensee. Across the 'Bodensee', on a good day, one can see Germany and Austria. I hope to take a boat trip across sometime. There is snow on the mountains but as you can see it has cleared up in the town.

As I sit here I can hear the church bell ringing. It rings for quite some time at 11 o'clock daily. This usually sets the dogs to howling. Cody, my friend's dog, is next to me howling right now.

Cody begging for a treat from the breakfast table.

My friends have two dogs (Cody and Noah) and two cats (Michy and uhmm well I forget).  Michy (the cat) I have renamed 'Push-button-kitty' because everytime you touch her she makes a sound kind of like a toy does. She is very old.

Michy a.k.a. 'Push-button-kitty'

I haven't explored much yet as I'm shy of the cold or of getting one as I already have the sniffs.  I will let you know as soon as I have braved the wintery weather.

Well that's all for now. Thanks for reading!