Switzerland: Breaking out is hard to do

Except for the breaking out in hives part, Switzerland has been good. We stayed last night in a small hostel near Thun. The countryside here is gorgeous: mountains, lakes, rivers, and castles appear around every turn of the Autobahn, and the view from the highway is simply breathtaking.

We are singing tonight in Geneva, but I am actually in France right now. We're staying in a hotel in the next town over. Tomorrow we leave for nearby Lyon, and from there it's on to England.

It has been very difficult to type this message, as the French have rearranged their keyboards. They did this in Germany as well, but France has done it with much more flair. Here's an example sentence, typed as though I were on an English keyboard:

The auick brozn fox ju,ped over the lqwy dog:

That may not seem like a big difference, but it is when you're used to typing quickly!

Coming up: O Frabjous day! Caloo! Calais!*

*that is, we're going to Calais. There is not a holiday called Frabjous day. It's a slightly obscure poetry reference. Whoever correctly identifies the poem and poet gets a cookie.**

**Chocolate chip, of course.