Monthly Archives: December 2012

Winter Concerts – Geneva, Bern, Luzern, Basel, Biel

In Bern Jon joined 2 different choruses, Canto Classico and Berner Bach Chor.  Each group plans various projects through the year and members chose which ones they want to sign up for.   Wanting to get as much experience singing here as … Continue reading

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Geneva in Winter

A concert in Geneva, in the famous Victoria Hall, ooh sounds lovely!  Might as well go early and spend the day seeing this famous city by the lake. Research turned up a few architectural sites: Unexpectedly, the timing of the … Continue reading

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Christmas Baths – Baden-Baden, Germany

How well named a town!  Jon’s chorus would be rehearsing with the Baden-Baden Orchestra, bussing there and back, thus taking a full day for a 4-hour rehearsal.  Room on the bus meant I could tag along to see the town.  … Continue reading

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Christmas begins – Bern

Weihnachtsmarkt, or Christmas Market, began in Bern on Saturday 12/1.  Jon and I walked into Bern, taking side streets just to see something different.   We spent most of the day strolling through the Christmas Market in Romerplatz, the downtown stores, … Continue reading

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