Wednesday, September 20, 2006
We've already been here a whole week and I haven't blogged because we've been in the country side of Switzerland.... namely in a Swiss chalet in the Alps.... hehe... it's absolutely idyllic... cows, meadows, snow covered peaks.. google Jungfrau and you will see the region we are in... Jungfrau is the top of Europe. And we are staying in a small town called Beatenberg. From there, our kids have gone paragliding with my good friend Tarcis, who I have known since 1982... met him in Iceland while I was hitchhiking around Europe. Everyone should have a friend like Tarcis. He's exuberant, generous, enthusiastic, and resourceful. And he has a wonderful family too... Jatta from Finland and babies Olivia and Janina. Today the boys rented a paddleboat on Lake Thunersee. Yesterday we saw a reconstructed Swiss village with houses from all the regions of CH (Switzerland).. and the day before we went to a humoungous AquaParc with Devil's chutes ... and skipped across the border to France to eat a few crepes in Bouverte on Lake Geneva, so we could say we had been to France. It was very pretty. We also went to a Mystery Park, which is based on the book Chariots of the Gods. ... the idea that aliens have come to visit us regularly and that all major world religions are based on visits by such 'Gods'. The guy who came up with this idea is Swiss... Erich von Doniken.. not sure about the spelling. But you can google it... it is much good food for thought.
Tomorrow, we are in Bern briefly and then onto Tarcis' city house, where we will spend one night before flying to Dubai on Friday....
We are swimming in good cheese, chocolate, Rivella, neat and tidy everything, kirsch, fresh bread baked daily in Beatenberg's wood fired bakery, and .... and.... flowers, cottages, good drivers, steep uphill turns and winding roads... cows, goats, everything that CH is famous for. And did I mention fondue?? Tarcis and Jatta made a very typical Swiss cheese fondue for us which was soooo filling. We are really fortunate. I feel blessed ... great friends, great kids, and the opportunity to travel and see the world. What fortune...!!
Tomorrow, we are in Bern briefly and then onto Tarcis' city house, where we will spend one night before flying to Dubai on Friday....
We are swimming in good cheese, chocolate, Rivella, neat and tidy everything, kirsch, fresh bread baked daily in Beatenberg's wood fired bakery, and .... and.... flowers, cottages, good drivers, steep uphill turns and winding roads... cows, goats, everything that CH is famous for. And did I mention fondue?? Tarcis and Jatta made a very typical Swiss cheese fondue for us which was soooo filling. We are really fortunate. I feel blessed ... great friends, great kids, and the opportunity to travel and see the world. What fortune...!!
