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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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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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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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Biel/Sankt Peterinsel
Itinerary: On the bike, follow Swiss Regional Route 64 to Biel, stay overnight, come home by way of Sankt Peterinsel and Swiss National Route 8. Looking for something close and easy, we chose Biel as our destination. Jon was able … Continue reading
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The Next 175
It felt like we were taking it easy. Yes, there were a few hills the first day. But we had so much time to cover not many kilometers (Schaffhausen to Basel in 3 days), that the pace seemed almost leisurely. … Continue reading
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