Last night Amani learned that it was stormy at home and was sad that once again we had traveled and the rain had come to Sharjah.  She asked one of her friends to share the storm and send it to Switzerland which he promised to do.  Thank goodness he only sent a light rain and the thunder and lightning stayed behind. 

The rain actually was a nice setting for the day as we planned to head off to the Gothic Castle of Chillon.  We had originally planned to go to Zurich, but after evaluating how tired everybody was we decided on a low key day of a castle tour and then a visit to the nearby city, Morges. We started with the castle we was set in the side of a mountain overlooking the water.  The first amazing thing we saw (outside of the castle itself) was a nesting swan, which the girls thought was great.  We then entered the castle and enjoyed the beauty of it all.  This was by far the largest castle I have ever seen.  In many of the basement rooms that mountains natural structure was still intact, which added to the beauty of the castle. 

After the castle we went back to the house and had lunch with the Vigliottis.  After lunch all of us with the exception of Fabio (he had an obligation to help some friends move) went into Morges.  We visited the river of tulips, which was Sabeena's absolute favorite spot.  She stole mommy's camera and took pictures of all the flowers.  We then went to a store to buy a few gifts as we had missed Molly's birthday party and promised to bring her a birthday present from Switzerland.

We then headed back to the house to pack and prepare for our 6:00 am departure for the airport.