Baden, Switzerland

Just outside of Zurich is the picturesque town of Baden where our traveling buddies David and Karin just wrapped up their 18 month around the world trip.

We met up with them and their good friends Phillpe and Amelia for some homemade fondue at Phillipe’s family restaurant. It was the first fondue of the winter season and the whole place reeked of sour cheese! We were even advised beforehand to be careful of what clothes we wore, cause they would smell of cheese afterwards. The fondue was very rich, and we probably each devoured a month’s worth of cheese followed by Swiss chocolates and wine. Robin of course was in heaven!

We explored Baden when it was sunny, and when the rain came we took the opportunity to work on planning our route through Africa. We gave ourselves two months to get through Africa so we would have enough time to see South and Central America in time to make it home before summer. Here is the general route that we came up with: