Paris and Noel

The family paid a visit to Leysin for Christmas. In the short ten days that they were here we went to Montreux and Gruyere in Switerland, spent three days in Paris, France and took a day trip to Evain/Yvoire, France.

Leysin, Switzerland


Kelly boarding the Alps















Me and dad on my classroom balcony


My classroom



I took a digger while skiing....here's what it left me with and the picture does not do it justice


Homemade gnocchi for Dad's birthday


We ventured down to Montreaux to the Christmas market


I took the family for a hike out to Nid d'Aigle (Eagle's Nest)






Dad and I continued on to Prafandaz


Dad and the Alps




Dad loved the hike and suspected a storm was coming




This was the Christmas tree in my apartment that I purchased for 60 CHF


Dad's birthday dinner complete with Italian olive oil and French baguette




Notice the Swiss flag made out of red M&M's on his birthday cake....courtesy of Kelly




PARIS
Sacred Heart Church


Notre Dame....searching for quasimodo


View of the Seine by night


Eiffel Tower shots



View of Paris from the Tower


Me


Kelly




Dad and Kelly atop the Eiffel




Kelly, Dad and me....Dad is pretending to fall over backwards off the Eiffel. He thought this was pretty funny.

Me in front of the Eiffel




We ended up at the Eiffel Tower again at night. Here are some shots of it in the night.



Freezing on the night boat ride on the Seine


The Thinker at the The Rodin




The walk to Champs Elysses




Arc de Triumph



Hotel des Invalides....where Napoleon is buried





Gruyere, Switzerland
That's a whole lotta cheese

Family shot


Leysin, Switerland
The vegetarian riding the cow outside the Fromagerie in Leysin



The cheese making process....we witnessed it live at the Fromagerie

Evian, France


Me teasing Kelly with a turkey drumstick :)