Monthly Archives: July 2012

Switzerland in 10 Days

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 … Continue reading

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Guests and Plans

This week we’re preparing for guests.  We borrowed an air mattress.  Which then necessitated borrowing a transformer to pump it. We’ve sent emails back and forth about what to bring us (Jon’s choral clothes) and what they want to do … Continue reading

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Soccer

It has been a soccer summer with the European games going on.  For weeks it was everywhere.  You pass a bar and hear a game.  In the restaurant in Konstanz (an otherwise elegant place), the game was showing on a … Continue reading

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Das Weindorf

Our 2nd weekend being driven into Germany by our friends Simon and Michaela, this time to stay with their parents and go to the local ‘Weindorf’ or ‘wine village’.  This is somewhat different from an American style wine event.  We … Continue reading

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Weekdays

Perhaps you have read our earlier blog entries: our wonderful weekend adventures.  Our weekdays, however, are not so exceptional.  Jon is working as he would back home, with all the challenges and frustrations that has always entailed.  I (Mary Carol) am living … Continue reading

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