Weather and Decisions
Andrej and Astrid had arrived on Saturday and we have shown them around in San Diego over the weekend and yesterday. Today after checking the weather in all our possible travel destinations we decide to…
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Holiday weekend with tears
We had been thinking for visiting our dear friends in Las Cruces for some time now and it's Thursday morning 8am when we stand on the patio and Marco says that he is still considering…
Read MoreWho is going to clean the car?
At the East Coast they are suffering the consequences of this terrible, once in a life time, Blizzard and we have had some rain last night. Since it's been relatively cold, we assume that back…
Read MoreBack "Home"
After 4 weeks we say our goodbye again to all our loved ones and head back to the Zurich airport on Wednesday morning. The weather forecast for Chicago is good, so we can expect a…
Read MoreFinally 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…
Read MoreHappy 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…
Read MoreOur 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…
Read MoreKoi 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…
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