We just returned from a little over 2 weeks in Europe. We got back from our trip to Switzerland and Spain this past Thursday night around 11pm, got to bed around 1am and were both in the office the next day at 8:30am. Sounds crazy? Actually it was the best thing to do. Helped to [...] 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

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

Towards the end of our trip we actually had part of a day to just wander around the city, just the two of us. All the rain and snow were gone and as you can see we were left with a bright blue sky and temps in the low 50′s. We visited the bridge we [...] Read More

Wow, Christmas is over and we just returned from visiting John and Vinnie in Asheville, North Carolina. But before I post any of those pics I want to finish my adventures in Switzerland ( I have to force myself to cut it short in order to move on!). And although Switzerland did not get the [...] Read More