Our guests left this morning after a very full 10 days of Swiss touring: they walked Bern, rode the Golden Pass Train, toured Chillon and Lausanne, visited Murten and Avenches, hiked to Kleine Scheidegg, snow-tubed on the Jungfrau, hiked in Zermatt, toured Neuchatel and Lucerne. And most evenings found them eating very well: either they were making Indian-style food for us or were invited out for BBQ.
Jon knew Anil from working together in San Rafael. But neither of us knew his family: wife Beth and sons Zachary and Austen. They have traveled a lot, including trips to India and China that were decidedly not luxurious. So having a home base to work from made it a relaxing vacation for them. And they are easy to be with, consistently agreeable and considerate making it a relaxing visit for us.
Jon and I were able to join our guests on the weekends:
After a week and a half of guests and touring, we enjoyed a brisk 20 km on the bike through Swiss countryside.