We went to a ropes climbing course near Lucerne yesterday. It was similar to the one we did in Michigan and Bea just loved it. She brought her good friend: The weather was NOT nice: Claire is not a big fan of ropes courses – so we mostly stayed in the nice warm restaurant and…

And a smiling bench:

I still marvel at all the details that you must follow to do proper Swiss recycling. For example – a little yogurt for breakfast? Well make sure to leave time to do the 3 part recycling. Here’s my yogurt – mmmm – they do have great yogurt here. Here are the instructions for recycling. See…

We went again to a Zurich Oktoberfest this weekend. It’s not my thing especially, but it’s entertaining enough. Seeing everyone dressed up in their lederhozen and dirndles makes me smile. There’s lots of chanting and singing and getting up on the benches to dance. I also think it’s amazing how the massive tent is set…

I hope you have a lovely Fall day.

And some big baby swans:

We felt a hint of chilliness in the air and promptly declared IT’S FONDUE SEASON! And I tried another muffins with holes baked doughnuts recipe. 

The Swiss are tidy beyond belief. Did I tell you about the time I saw a crew cleaning up along the highway. You know mowing the grass along the edge and cleaning up any liter. And the last man in the crew followed along with a push broom – sweeping the edge of the highway!…

From our apartment you can see a tall mountain far in the distance and on clear days you can just make out that there is a building on top of that tall mountain. Well we finally went to to see it yesterday. Brian had the day off for boys shooting day so we headed out after the…