Switzerland Personal Narrative

I am a citizen of the United States, but I am also a citizen of Switzerland, which makes me a duel citizen. My mother was born and raised in Switzerland. She moved over to the United States when she was about 18. My mom was 28 when she met my dad. She had me when she was 30. The first time I traveled to meet my mother's family was when I was six months old. Since then, I have made roughly 10 trips over to visit my family. I have a grandma, grandpa, uncle and two cousins. In the past years I have also made several friends.

Although I don't recall every single trip to Switzerland, there is one trip I recall very well. It was Christmas of 2009. It was the first year that I remember my family and I going together. It seems like on previous
It is on lake Geneva. It was one of the smaller castles I've been in. This one was very interesting to me. At the beginning of the tour my parents rented a translated version of the tour that you could listen to on headphones. I learned that this castle was completely on the lake with only one way in and out, they call it an island castle. The first known record of this castle was in 1005, and expanded in 1248. During the 16th century war of religion the Duke of Savoy used it to house prisoners. Its most famous prisoner was probably François de Bonivard, a Genevois monk. All around the castle there is a walkway at the top of so that guards could always survey the premises, both inside and out.

As a small child I was a big fan of Disney World and Disneyland. I spent several summers at each amusement park with my godparents. My parents surprised me with a special trip. We drove 6 hours to see the Neuschwanstein castle. It was very early in the morning and extremely cold. The castle is built on the top of a mountain. There were two options for getting up the mountain to see the castle, walking or by horse drawn carriage. We took the carriage in hopes that it would be slightly