Category: News

• Monsoon

  Aug 7, 2016 / 10 years agoNews

  During the monsoon-, or summer thunderstorm season, Arizona experiences more severe weather than many other states and gets most of its well needed water. On some occasions, a severe storm may spawn a microburst. More…

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• Visiting the Desert Botanical Garden

  Jun 14, 2016 / 10 years agoNews

  The other day our Argentinian friend Flavia mentioned that the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix offers free admission every second Tuesday of every month - normally the fee is $22. Today at 7:00 a.m. I…

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• Escaping the heat – Mogollon Rim

  May 15, 2016 / 10 years agoNews

  It’s already the 2nd really hot weekend here in Scottsdale with temperatures in the triple digits again (38 to 40 Celsius). So we decide that it would be nice to go on a day trip…

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• Happy landing in 2016

  Jan 17, 2016 / 11 years agoNews

  2015 turned out to be pretty 'boring' although challenging in some respects and there were not too many things worth blogging about. The first 3 months were kind of stressful, with Marco having a full…

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• Another summer in Scottsdale?

  May 15, 2015 / 11 years agoNews

  After our return to San Diego we give ourselves time until the end of March to find something. Marco also has some appointments with a Neurologist and is scheduled for an MRI which we want…

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• Birthdays in Switzerland

  Feb 20, 2015 / 12 years agoNews

  We are exhausted and Marco is still suffering, more and more actually. But, still we decide to take a break from the housing search and fly to Switzerland for 4 weeks! We book the flights,…

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• Back to San Diego once again

  Jan 17, 2015 / 12 years agoNews

  It is at the end of November, my parents left a couple weeks ago and we are making plans for Christmas. Should we go to Switzerland, should we wait until January to be there for…

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• Drought at Lake Powell

  Oct 29, 2014 / 12 years agoNews

  We have been visiting Lake Powell regularly since 2003 - the area is just breathtaking. However, years of drought have left this reservoir on the border of Utah and Arizona less than half full. Lake…

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• VIP Guests from Switzerland

  Oct 25, 2014 / 12 years agoNews

  About three weeks ago we spontaneously invited my parents to come over for a visit. On October 23 they arrive after a long flight from Switzerland glad to escape the already cool and wintery weather.…

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