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• Back "Home"

  Jan 12, 2013 / 14 years agoNews

  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…

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• Finally some sunshine

  Dec 29, 2012 / 14 years agoNews

  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…

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• Happy Holidays

  Dec 22, 2012 / 14 years agoNews

  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…

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• Our first "real" cheese fondue in the US

  Nov 18, 2012 / 14 years agoNews

  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…

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• Yard sale

  Oct 21, 2012 / 14 years agoTours

  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…

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• Koi pond – final phase

  Oct 20, 2012 / 14 years agoTours

  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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• The kids in San Diego

  Oct 14, 2012 / 14 years agoNews

  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…

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• Summer in Las Cruces, NM

  Aug 17, 2012 / 14 years agoTours

  Time is flying and eventually we spent almost the whole summer in Las Cruces, NM. Long enough to get to know the life at the Hotel and Las Cruces. It is hot and dry -…

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• Koi pond – phase IV – going really big

  Aug 16, 2012 / 14 years agoTours

  Not too long after the setup of the 3 ponds had been established Marco struggles to keep the water temperature down and algae are taking over, all the rocks and the walls of the ponds…

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