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We were in Grindelwald, heading to a real Swiss family’s house for a real Swiss dinner. I know Mom is supposed to write about food, but this meal was too good to let the chance of writing it pass by. When we arrived we learned that our driver Bernard was a good friend with the […]

After four rainy days, the clouds parted and we laced up our walking shoes. The sun had apparently been on loan to the Mediterranean and we didn’t want to waste a moment now that it had returned. We were heading out for a hike in the Alps. To reach the starting point for our walk, […]

Yesterday we went to a ropes course in Interlaken. After missing our first train and taking several trains we arrived in Interlaken Ost. Unfortunately our directions were from the other station Interlaken West (!) but we did not realize that. We started towards the middle of the city looking for a quick snack. Eventually we […]

Last time Piggy was at the Viking Ship Musuem in Roskilde, Denmark. Before that she was at the Blue Mosque standing near the Hagia Sofia. For the past month the people who have guessed piggy right once are: Tessa Hyatt, Rachel Kahn, Nicholas Waller, Grant Kahn, Beth Altchek, and Sam McClure! For the past month […]

We are now visiting Wengen, a village perched partway up the slopes of the Swiss Alps, where there are no automobiles.  The only ways in are cog-rail, cablecar, or by foot.  Why here?  My family had visited Wengen when I was 17 years old and it made a lasting impact.  Now I wanted my children […]

We left Zurich early on Tuesday.  We were headed to Wengen, a small Alpine town nestled in the heart of the Berner Oberland region.  On our way, we were scheduled to visit a small family farm to see cheese making at its traditional best.  We were not disappointed.   In the town of Lungern, we met […]

We are just in Zurich for a day before heading off into the Berner Oberland mountains tomorrow.  Zurich is a quaint city and if you can afford to live here, offers an excellent quality of life:  a medium-sized city next to a lake with a mountain backdrop, 1200 fountains that spout clean water, two major […]