June 10, 2003 – Tuesday

Chateau Morges

Went to Morges to meet my parents for a shopping expedition. When we arrived at my grandmother’s apartment, my parents surprised me with some novelty T-shirts they had bought me a few days before that were really adorable, and told me that they were dying to show me the store because I would really like it.

The shopping in town wasn’t too great, so after a bit, we all headed into Lausanne to wander through the shops there. Earlier in our travels, Kelsey and I had seen a window display for this really neat looking shop, which my dad helped us find. Got some good souvenirs and gifts for my friends there.
We went back into Morges for dinner that night, and my grandmother gave me a belated 20th birthday present, an 18-carat gold necklace with a matching heart charm. She explained that in Switzerland, it is a person’s 20th, not 21st, birthday that was most significant, and that she had given similar gifts to Julie and Natalie for their birthday