Hi all.  Janice here.  Sending our almost last blog post.  

Friday, Nov 9th -  We drove to Beckenried and had a nice lunch at Restaurant Rossli and then went shopping in Stans.  We picked up some groceries and headed back to our rental.  We took a wrong turn and headed inland before we got out Beulah (our GPS) and realized we were headed in the wrong direction.  We got turned around and made it back.  We made a nice dinner, with wine of course, and played some cards.

Saturday, Nov 10th -  It was a cloudy day so we decided not to head up the mountain and instead drove a few minutes down to the boat dock and caught the boat to Brunnen a small town only a few minutes away by boat.  We wandered around, exploring and doing a bit of shopping and had lunch at a German style restaurant.  We had a very good 3 course meal for 18 swiss francs each.  In case you don't know this, it is very expensive in Switzerland, especially in restaurants, so 18 francs each was 'cheap'.   We stopped at a side walk cafe for coffee and drinks while we waited for the boat to go back to Seelisberg.  I decided to go for a walk and so didn't get a drink.  When I got back I found that Ed had ordered a rye and gingerale and it cost 12.50 francs (the francs are worth more than our dollar)   Sharon had a coffee and Lori had a red wine at cost of 16.80 francs. I  was glad I had not ordered anything.  While we were waiting for the boat, the wind picked up quite a bit and the waves were crashing on to the shore.  The boat had to tie up at a different area so we were transported by car to the boat (it was only a few minutes away).  We got back to the rental, relaxed, had a light supper and wine, of course, and played some more cards.

Sunday, Nov 11th -  It was a rainy day so we decided to have a 'down' day and just stay in.  We read, watched some TV, played cards, did laundry, went for a walk.  Later in the afternoon Ed and Sharon drove to the village of Seelisberg.  Ed wanted to find out if he could use the sauna at the hotel.
The lady at the hotel said he could and she would turn it on and have it  ready for 5PM.
Ed also went to the Tell restaurant and spoke to the owner/chef and asked if they did a swiss fondue.  He said yes but he would need some notice.  Ed said how about 7:30PM and the owner said how about 7PM.

We all went to the spa but Ed was the only one to use the sauna.  The rest of us sat in a lounge area and read.  From the hotel we went to the restaurant and found out that the main part of the restaurant was closed and there was a table set up just for us in the bar area.  The table was nicely decorated.  We ordered a small bottle of white wine to go with the fondue.  We got a basket of new potatoes and a basket of cubed bread.  The fondue had two sections in it with 2 different types of cheese.  It was very good.  (they went out of their way for us, serving us after they were closed).  It was an experience but an expensive one.  For a small bottle of wine and the potatoes and bread it was 106 francs and Ed gave him 130 francs because they had gone out of their way for us. 

Monday, November 12th -  It was a cloudy, grey day.  We decided to drive to the small town of Brunnen to do a bit of shopping and then go to Lucerne.  In Lucerne we had lunch at an Irish pub and then Janice, Sharon and Lori went shopping while Ed read his book in the car.  After a couple of hours shopping we headed back to the rental.  Lori and I played cards and watched TV while Ed and Sharon went back to the hotel in Seelisberg.  Ed used the sauna while Sharon used the exercise bike and read.  When they got back we had dinner, watched Rambo on TV and then played some cards.