Spring is in the air.

My friends and family in Alberta are advised not to read this post. Just skip this one…I’ll do my best to provide a post soon just for you, all full of hockey and static electricity and chapped lips.  In the meantime, this post is full of signs of Spring. Green grass, flowers, budding trees and…

Sport-Holiday, week 2.

Tough to follow up a week of extreme adventure and luxury in Davos and a wonderful visit with friends in Geneva. Week two of our Sport Holiday was substantially less sporty but lovely nonetheless. We did nothing, which was just the right way to follow up an action packed week. The biggest reason for doing…

Vive la France

So when you have plans to meet fabulous friends from Canada in Bern for a day but one of them sprains her ankle making a day of exploration impossible, the logical response is to make a mad dash to the train station to go find them in France.  Logical for us because we are Canadian…

Thank you Alp’s. Our cups are full.

What a treat. Our time in Davos was fantastic. A perfectly sporty Sport Holiday.  Before departing today I got in one final XC-ski. There are miles and miles of perfectly groomed trails here with ample room for classic, skaters and walkers with or without pups. All three xc-ski days I explored different beautiful trails but…

I. Can’t. Even.

This one’s a long one, loads of pics,  because we are is Swiss skiing paradise!! So far, the Sport Holiday has blown our minds. In every capacity.  Davos is great, fairly typical ski town I think, with many, many hills to choose from, all accessed directly here in town. But what first blew our mind…

The mountains are calling. We must go.

The school year here, in our Canton, is more like the year-round system. Only 5 weeks for summer with loads of holiday breaks throughout the rest of the year.  Less than a month since the Christmas holidays and we’re already on another two week break. This one is called the Sport Break. In case it…