We made it to Vevey in one piece. The flight was delayed by about 45 minutes but went smoothly for the rest of it.\u00a0 Bean was his usual self and charmed everyone in sight.\u00a0 We had an hour long cab ride to get to the hotel from Geneva. The good news is that we managed to cram 6 suitcases, 5 carryon,\u00a0 3 adults and a bean in a single cab. Putting an overtired bean to bed took two and a half hours,\u00a0 and several bouts of angry-mummy-voice.\u00a0 In the end,\u00a0 it was listening to BBC radio 2 streaming on iplayer that did it.\u00a0 There is something inherently surreal about listening to live country and western music from a UK radio station in a darkened room somewhere in Switzerland. Right now,\u00a0 I can hear his snoring and it’s oddly comforting. <\/p>\n
We keep telling ourselves that we’re doing the right thing and that it will be hard at times but we can get through it together and that the rewards will be worth it.\u00a0 My sister said it best this morning when she told me to remember to have fun. <\/p>\n
P. S. The Swiss are not tea drinkers.\u00a0 There’s no kettle in the room and when we asked for tea,\u00a0 hey didn’t give us any milk.\u00a0 Silly people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
We made it to Vevey in one piece. The flight was delayed by about 45 minutes but went smoothly for the rest of it.\u00a0 Bean was his usual self and charmed everyone in sight.\u00a0 We had an hour long cab ride to get to the hotel from Geneva. The good news is that we managed…<\/p>\n