26 Sept Bern to Genève

Last morning with the Funks. We sat and chatted over breakfast which included another special Swiss Cordula-creation. It had apricots, berries, bread chopped up, and a custardy type consistency made from quark - a very German cheesy product which has a yoghurt consistency. Whatever, it was super-delicious.

The US Funks were biking into Bern this morning and then training to Stuttgart to see more family (there are 8 siblings!), so it was time for family photos and farewells.

We then had to say goodbye to a lovely family who had gone to so much effort on our behalf and treated us royally. It has been a highlight for us. I will miss Theo giving me instructions in rapid German with a great big smile on how to play a game! We did manage to succeed at a few games. Markus took us into the railway station where we said farewell. We were moved by his appreciation of our coming - how precious is the Lord's family.

We managed to buy our tickets out of the machine - a bit nerve-racking, and also to find the right platform. The trip was again very comfortable in these lovely quiet trains. It took about an hour and a half to do the 160 km, and as we neared Geneva the crops changed from maize and beets to grapes - masses of them the vines look lovely on the hillsides.

Finding the right bus was a challenge but we are now 'speaking' French so we're working things out a little more easily. We found our apartment behind a shoe shop and through two coded doors. After dumping our stuff we went wandering and found the Reformation monument...

Calvin's house...

and St Peter's Cathedral where he preached...

and his chair!

It all got too much for us, so we found some food at a pavement cafe which revived us despite being hugely expensive (as everything is here), and then we found our way 'home.'