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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Before we left Las Cruces in August we mentioned to the kids that they might visit us in San Diego in their fall break. They could hardly contain themselves anymore and at the end of…