May 25, 2003 – Sunday

Dinner with Jacques

Woke up around 5 in the morning, starved to death from missing dinner the night before. I was afraid of waking up my aunt, so I stayed in bed for over a half hour until my stomach won out, and I raided the leftovers. I fell back asleep, but eventually woke up in time to catch the 1:30pm train to Fribourg. Jacqui met us at the station and took us through his hometown of Avenches. We saw the ruins of a roman theatre that was being renovated for future concerts and events. We also toured through the chateau, which is visible from his balcony.

Later, the family met up at the apartment, and we went out to dinner at this local gourmet pizzeria that Jacqui adores. The food was amazing, and Jacqui and I followed it with grape ice cream drowned in grappa. Back at the apartment, we shared more wine and limoncella. We called it a night and headed back to Laurie’s because the next morning Kelsey and I were planning on heading to Cinque Terre, Italy with my parents.