Monthly Archives: August 2011

August 28 – Bern Christoph invited the Thomsen River crew with spouses for a barbeque at his place. Ron and Maggie are staying with Karl and Anne; they visited the hilltop city of Gruyere, which was built in medieval times and still functions today as a modern town set in medieval houses. In the afternoon [...]

I have ridden a motorbike – as a passenger – twice in my life and only with Christoph. Today I had my second ride and it was fantastic. We had an amazing day; rain on the previous night had cleared the sky and the views to the Bernese Alps were stunning. Chrisoph drove us to [...]

August 27 – Bern   The photos will do the talking here. Bern is a city of many traditions and I get to partake in them every time I visit. I feel like a local when I go to the Marzili to swim in the outdoor pool, followed by a float down the Aare River. [...]

August 24 - Oberbözberg to Bern ­ Today we walked through the forest to the highest point in Oberbözberg’s region.                   Thomas invited us for lunch at the Blue Angel Restaurant. We sat at a table in the shade of the hay barn, right next to the calf [...]

Oberbözberg –  August 23, 2011 This evening after a long casual dinner eaten in the ‘summer garden,’ or patio, we sat outside for hours. We sat quietly talking and noticing the clouds building to a huge storm to the south. Just after the sun set, the storm broke. As the evening turned to night, thunder and lightening [...]

Oberbözberg – August 23, 2011 Visiting with Werner and Ursula in Oberbözberg in the Jura Mountains. Today we went for a hike and were treated to a surprise! We left the house at 10:10 and boarded the 10:15 bus at an official bus stop next to a farmer’s field – only in Switzerland! Fifteen minutes [...]

August 10, 2011 – Penticton Last weekend I did two fantastic hikes. On Saturday Ed and I hiked up Mount Baldy just above Oliver with the Penticton Outdoors Club. Check out the purple-blue of the sky and mountains – that’s the Okanangan blue! Afterwards we stopped in to buy fresh fruit from Matheson Creek farm [...]