The tagline in the tourist brochure reads: “2456 metres nearer to heaven” … welcome to the Upper Engadine of the Swiss Alps (think St. Moritz), where we have to suffer for the next 5 days hiking, biking and enjoying the early autumn season change, surrounded by hundreds of snow-capped peaks and blue/green lakes.
We also had two bonuses during this visit ~ Colleen's brother-in-law was in town on business, so we got to see Jay!
There are those who say that the Swiss way of life may somewhat stifle creativity and spontaneity, yet I’m sure I could fit right in here – imagine a place where the public transportation runs like clockwork, crime and unemployment are nearly non-existent and where everyone’s kitchen garbage bag has to conform to a certain standard.
We’ve experienced all the emotional extremes while on the road for the past two months – the excitement of seeing new places, exhaustion after multi-hour drives in our new Peugeot Partner (a.k.a. the “delivery van”) and utter frustration & disbelief at watching the financial market chaos. I suppose I should be grateful since I’m not sitting on a trading floor, but … I’d hate to missing a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
We had the pleasure of staying at the home of Drew & Isabelle Welton during the last several days. Like Colleen and me, they are both AIESEC alums from c.25 years ago. Today, in fact, marks their 20th wedding anniversary, which we recall attending as if it were yesterday. They and their two delightful children, Lucas (17) and Michelle (15), tended to our every desire, showing us around town (bikes, go-carts, discoteques) as well as escorting us on an excursion to Davos, where they’re in the process of building a second home. We'd post photos, but we had our first photographic catastrophe and Zurich was deleted. (Sorry Lucas! You really would have a huge picture here!)
We’ve experienced all the emotional extremes while on the road for the past two months – the excitement of seeing new places, exhaustion after multi-hour drives in our new Peugeot Partner (a.k.a. the “delivery van”) and utter frustration & disbelief at watching the financial market chaos. I suppose I should be grateful since I’m not sitting on a trading floor, but … I’d hate to missing a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
We had the pleasure of staying at the home of Drew & Isabelle Welton during the last several days. Like Colleen and me, they are both AIESEC alums from c.25 years ago. Today, in fact, marks their 20th wedding anniversary, which we recall attending as if it were yesterday. They and their two delightful children, Lucas (17) and Michelle (15), tended to our every desire, showing us around town (bikes, go-carts, discoteques) as well as escorting us on an excursion to Davos, where they’re in the process of building a second home. We'd post photos, but we had our first photographic catastrophe and Zurich was deleted. (Sorry Lucas! You really would have a huge picture here!)
We also had two bonuses during this visit ~ Colleen's brother-in-law was in town on business, so we got to see Jay!
And we had a quick, but wonderful reunion with friends in Liechtenstein (how many of you have been there?) Thank you for the lunch and tour, Jodi!
Like I said, life is good here …
Like I said, life is good here …
2 comments:
Well, I've been there but it was many years ago. Please give my love to Juergen H. And let me know if you meet with the folks at Geberit or Zehnder...the Swiss are known for their bathroom technology
Colleen, Charlie, J, C & M: Got your blog site from Betsy Baus whose daughter is now in Evelyn's class. Not sure how she had it but we are glad to see photos of you all enjoying Europe!!!
xoxo BIG O
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