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Monthly Archives: August 2012
Circling the Gurten
Berner Bach Chor likes to “beat the music to death”, in other words, they want their performances to be perfect so they rehearse intensely. This week this meant Jon had an extra Saturday rehearsal, originally planned for 2 pm to … Continue reading
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The Longest Day – Yverdon
The Plan: bike 90+km to Yverdon-les-Bains, overnight at a hotel, bike home along the north side of Lake Neuchatel. The actual trip: bike 96km over too many hills in too hot weather with too little sunscreen, try to lift legs … Continue reading
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A Quiet Swiss Weekend
Itinerary: Saturday: bike ride through peaceful farmland to Thun and back Sunday: hike an Alpine meadow with friends Sounds like a quiet weekend, getting in touch with nature? It certainly started that way. The route we planned to Thun was … Continue reading
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86’d Burgdorf
Weather was iffy: Saturday looked probably good, but Sunday was given a high chance of rain. That and high hotel rates led us to make our ride yesterday round-trip. We knew that if at any point it was too difficult, … Continue reading
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Ooh Paris, Aah France
The friends who visited with us in Switzerland then went on to La Raincy, a suburb of Paris, where they had a house exchange. We followed on Friday the 27th and stayed through 8/1, which is Swiss National Day and … Continue reading
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