From the monthly archives:

July 2009

Lake Neuchâtel, Switzerland

July 29, 2009

We spent a hot day in Neuchâtel. It was a perfect day in every way. Boats were on the water and people were cooling off in it. The water shimmered all over. The lake was blue like a painting. It was quiet by the lake but I know this weekend it will be so crowded [...]

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The little red train of the Jura

July 28, 2009

I took this photo in December 2008. I talked to my mother tonight on the phone. She told me that she had seen our little red train on television. There was a program on the other night about Swiss train lines and she happened to catch the Jura line. It was so nice that she [...]

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Swiss pride

July 27, 2009

One thing that I like is that the Swiss do hang their flag out for Swiss National holiday. Not only do the Swiss hang out their flag, they put it on many products in the grocery store in celebration of the Swiss National holiday…Even bread and mozzarella cheese! If you live in Switzerland long it [...]

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Basel, Switzerland (part five)

July 26, 2009

It is a gorgeous day out. Our village is a ghost town since most of the people are on vacation. Many (like Vilay) work in factories which shut down for a month during the summer so that everyone takes a vacation at the same time. It is super. I worked in my garden for a [...]

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La Chaux-des-Breuleux

July 25, 2009

We walked through La Chaux-des-Breuleux recently. All around this area is perfect for walking. It is so beautiful. The tourist (mostly Swiss-German) have been visiting the Franches-Montagnes pretty heavy since summer break started. In the photo, you can see a wagon being pulled by a horse. Inside were Swiss-German tourist. They are always polite and [...]

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Baby Swiss cow in the Jura

July 24, 2009

Hey! Wait a second lady. Don’t you know it isn’t nice to take a photo of someone when their mouth is full? See? That’s better.

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Gardening 101

July 21, 2009

Our little garden is starting to take off. I will soon be able to harvest the benefits of my efforts. After I finish this post I will head out to weed my garden. You can see why in the photos! It is a good thing that the Swiss here are pretty laid back about weeds [...]

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From my Swiss window’s Chocolate Pear cake recipe (recette)

July 17, 2009

A long, long time ago in the land of France I had a piece of chocolate cake with a pear halve in it. I fell in love. Recently, I went on a search for a recipe for a chocolate pear cake like the one that I had eaten in France. I couldn’t find one that [...]

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Bâle (Basel), Switzerland city tour (part four)

July 17, 2009

I have decided to go ahead with our Basel city tour after a brief intermission due to the medieval festival of St.-Ursanne. After posting so many photos of Basel, I can see that my photography focus would change depending on what part of the city we were walking. It is interesting to see the mood [...]

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Les Médiévales de St-Ursanne

July 15, 2009

This is my favorite photo out of all the photos that I took that day. All of the modern signs were covered up so that the illusion of walking around in the medieval days was preserved. My girls finally got their princess hats! Vilay’s photo. Making paper. Vilay’s photo. Washing clothes in the village fountain. [...]

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Les Médiévales de St-Ursanne, medieval festival

July 12, 2009

Ladies and Gentleman, I would like to welcome you to Les Médiévales de St-Ursanne (medieval festival of Saint-Ursanne)! All photos that were taken by Vilay are marked as such. All the rest are mine. We really need to get another camera so that we don’t have to use each other’s photos so much! I took [...]

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Photo tour through Basel (part three)

July 10, 2009

Photo tour through Basel…Continued. While we walked across one of the bridges over the Rhine river we couldn’t help but stop to watch several people in the water clutching floats as they followed the current down the river. Another thing that we couldn’t miss in Basel were the trams. Trams were everywhere. ********** Basel (part [...]

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Bâle (Basel), Switzerland (part 2)

July 9, 2009

I took a TON of photos while we were in Basel on Sunday. I’ll be posting them over the next few several days. Basically, I will be taking you along with me that day as I walked through the streets. Sit back and relax. I hope you enjoy my free photo tour of Basel. ********** [...]

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Bâle (Basel), Switzerland (part 1)

July 8, 2009

Basel through my eyes.

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Yesterday

July 6, 2009

…Was a great day spent in Bale. Today, I am doing laundry. Tomorrow, I will post some of the photos that I took yesterday. I really like Bale.

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