This is the first tale of two dinners. Both of which happened at the new patio table of Marc’s mother Marian in the French part of Switzerland in a tiny village called Bussigny in her lovely little garden. On Thursday we had flown from Barcelona to Geneva to be picked up around 10pm by Corinne [...] Read More

After running around so much we thought what could be more perfect for our last night than just spending it with good friends over a big plate of spaghetti! Martin decided to make both homemade Marinara and Pesto, of course fresh Parmesean and bread and salad. Did I mention wine yet? We had lots……. Superstar [...] Read More

Because when we lived in Zurich in 2001 we didn’t have a digital camera and film was stupid expensive to develop we really didn’t have any photos of where we used to live so I thought while Marc was having lunch with a friend I could take advantage of the time to go back and [...] Read More

The Pfaeffli’s live about 3 blocks away from Martin. Stephen is one of Marc’s oldest and dearest friends. He was also a member of their Dead Poet’s Society. Stephen married Sonja, an ex-punk rock guitarist. Their daughter Lena who is now 12 and very cool is Marc’s God child! They invited us over for the [...] Read More

While down in the French part of Switzerland I made plans to visit my very good friend Cornelius who I hadn’t seen in a couple of years. I had a very small window of time available and was thrilled when Cornelius said he could meet. Montreaux seemed to be the geographically logical place and the [...] Read More

Well not really. But lots of trams, trains and a few buses. We travelled around a lot in the 2 weeks we were there: St. Gallen, Winterthur, Thun, Bussigny and Annecy, France. From Zurich everything was no mostly under 2 hours (except France and that was 3 1/2). Here’s some of the ways we travelled. [...] Read More

I can think of three of them right off the top of my head! As seen in a store window in the very posh shopping area of Paradaplatz. I forgot to notice the price but I’m guessing not cheap! Maybe the Swiss version of the Gomez Addams would snap this up – I mean, wouldn’t [...] Read More