Finally some sunshine
So far we have only had a few days when it has not been raining or snowing and that’s when we dressed up in our winter clothes and went out for a walk to burn some of the calories we have indulged over the holidays. Here some impressions from Baden/Wettingen Read more...
Happy Holidays
As in the previous years we are spending Christmas with our families in Switzerland. We left sunny California for rainy, snowy and cold Switzerland on December 10th. The welcome we got from our loved ones was more than compensating for the bad weather though! This year we didn’t do any Read more...
Our first “real” cheese fondue in the US
Yesterday, we went food shopping, when Marco suddenly says: “you know, I would really love to have a cheese fondue for dinner tonight”. So we ask the store clerk if they sell packaged fondue mixes – they don’t. On the way home we stop at another grocery store and finally Read more...
Yard sale
It is true: the more room you have the more stuff you accumulate! Elina has decided to start cleaning out some rooms and get rid of toys, clothes and furniture they no longer need. We spend the week with them helping a bit here and there and help her to Read more...
Koi pond – final phase
Three months after the actual launch of the project, the new pond is fenced in, the plants are moved from their temporary containers and placed into the shallow areas around the pond and the kois have been moved into their new luxury home. The waterfall as well as the two Read more...






















