Europa Park

Indoor roller coaster

  
     Growing up next to Disneyland has instilled a constant urge to visit amusement parks. Yes it is true that I can be in a different country just hours away, but what if they were all together in one place? So is the case with Europa Park in Rust, Germany. It is about a three-and-a-half hour car ride away and it is split up into small sections that represent different countries in Europe. Though Switzerland was not well represented. The theme park was decorated for Halloween with thousands of pumpkins all around and other scary decorations. Nuno has been before, but not for a long time so there were some new roller coasters he never rode. It was no so crowded and one of the major roller coasters had a five minute wait! All in all a great time, except for the food, but we will not go into those small details.

The wooden roller coaster was viking inspired

There want-to-be Mickey Mouse

Pumpkin tree!

Us near the entrance

Welcome to Europa Park!

Yvoire

Upon arrival

     This past weekend, Nuno's soccer team organized a get together to a small city called Yvoire. This city is actually located in France. It is located about an hour-and-a-half boat ride across Lake Léman. It felt like we went further across the lake, but since it is the biggest in Europe, in reality it ended up being not so far. We then ate at a restaurant that had windows all around to give a panoramic view of the lake. There was about twenty of us all together, so we took up one side of the restaurant. After a long lunch, we walked around the city to do a little shopping. They had really cute shops and lots of local artists. I overheard that in a couple of weeks the shops will be closing until the spring! That is okay because there are plenty of other cities to explore around the lake.

On the boat

The view once we stepped off the boat

Our very long table

My assorted dessert plate

I thought this statue was hilarious

Always happy shopping

Donkey rides for the kids

The outside view of the restaurant