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Let me paint a picture for you. Tonight, we had Manolo’s first ever company Christmas party. Dinner out in Rapperswil. Pretty darn exciting.  So we arranged for the kids to spend the night with Titi, Monika & Heinz so that we could attend the swaray.  Keep in mind Manolo is a bike mechanic here. Expectations…

Things that make us go hmmm…

Things are getting Christmassy around here which is really, really exciting. I’m getting the impression that Switzerland delivers in a big way for Christmas.  We’re talking massive portable generators appearing here and there to help create refrigeration for outdoor ice rinks where no rink was before.  I anticipate the next few posts may have a…

Distracted by cuteness

When the world’s cutest baby, and his lovely parents, are visiting, it’s tough to get much done. At any moment you may need to drop everything because the most adorable smile has just been flashed at you.  Seriously the most smiley baby I have ever known which turns every adult and child into clown-faced goof…

Swiss Hockey; a Canadian perspective.

So we’ve had a solid amount of time as part of the youth hockey program here in Switzerland. I’m starting to think that I’ve figured things out, getting into the groove, mostly.  There was an unfortunate incident with the hockey bag on a tram yesterday which left me splayed out on my arse on the…

Swiss opinions and my failings

The Swiss are reeling, as we all are. Everyone’s news-feed on their cell phones on the bus was full of Trump news. We awoke this morning right as you were all watching the train-wreck unfold, seeing on your TV screens the unthinkable become reality. We have had all day to digest this news while you…

4 month musings and confessions

4 months today since we boarded a plane full of ambition and curiosity. Today we find ourselves settled into a life that now feels like always – it feels as though we’ve been here forever. And yet 4 months is such a short time. Funny how time works that way. Forever and no time at…

Parting is such sweet sorrow.

So that was hard. Ugh.  Saw mom off to the airport this morning. The tears started at home, continued on the bus as she bid farewell to the kids and really ramped up at the airport. There was a lovely, lovely man in security who obviously watched our teary departure and then continued to point…

The next chapter

Tomorrow we are back to just the four of us once again. Back to real life. Mom flies back to Canmore leaving me to face doing the dishes, listening to all my children’s questions/stories, managing 7 loads of laundry without her. It likely means that the nightly Aperols ought to end too. Darn it. We…