Zu Metzgern Thun

... only French, she spoke only English, second languages for Both)
game of footy in the park on the way home
-keeper (Smitty) unable to see ball, rocked in face
Bosh's hoolaginistic acts:
-aforementioned pint toss
-throwing Smitty's right sneaker into the fountain in Lausanne after he removed it in an attempt to keep it dry while he went for a swim
-tipping mopeds

... whole spring break. The only day it rained was the day we landed in Venice. The rest of the days were warm and sunny! It was great. After Florence, we spent a night in Pisa. I wouldn't recommend this to people though. Visit Pisa for an afternoon to see the Leaning Tower and you're set. There's nothing else there. We stayed near the train station, which ended up being kind of a sketchy area. The Leaning Tower was a half hour walk from our hotel. On the way there, at 2:00 in the ...

... mother, Ursi offered to find me some warm cloths as it can be bloody cold on the back of a bike going 80 km per hr. "Beauty" i thought and went and got changed. Now Ursi does have a very keen sense of humor and I suspect her second priority (after making sure i would be warm and safe) was to have a bloody good laugh at my expense! And warm and safe I was in my oversized ski pants, my funky blue ski jacket and matching slip on sneakers, gynormous ski goggles and in the ...

... on Lake Thun. It was pretty gorgeous on the lake with the Swiss hills and Alps in the background. I had some steering issues with the rudder and sorta cut up my face during a run in with a particularly scratchy tree though. The one downside of the afternoon is that Chuck and I picked up some ice cream in the supermarket but mine said "may contain traces of peanuts or other nuts" so I decided to play it safe. Chuck ate two ice creams instead and I had to settle for some sour Haribo ...

Well here we are in Switzerland. Pictures to come. Yoday I left John at the Airport for me to go home. We've had a fantastic time together. I'm going to miss him as he has another 2 weeks visiting with his mother and off to spain. Then he's going home via africa to Visit his world Vision child.

... and i bet they are spelt wrong... but haylie will tell me... hmm. we ate a lot of chocolate, slept a lot, talked a lot, ate fondue.... mm and gingerbread... it was fun! we took a train to the highest train station in europe and we recorded some videos which u can see on www.sistermountains.com and search for videos with haylie and petria... that was such a fun day! i met some of ...

... the beginning of the Swiss Confederation, which survives today. Pro-Habsburg attempts to undermine the pact continued to flourish; one legend from the time tells of a boy who overheard conspirators meeting in the marketplace at Unter der Egg, on the riverside. The plotters caught the boy and forced him to swear under oath that he would tell no living soul what he had heard them discuss, so the boy ran straight to a nearby guildhall and interrupted a confederate ...

... sind. Gastfreundschaft ist so eines. Bei uns ein schon halb v**gessenes Gut, in vielen and**en Kulturen nicht nur gross geschrieben sond**n viel mehr eine absolute Selbstv**ständlichkeit. So bin ich zur Üb**zeugung gelangt, dass wir von and**en Kulturen sehr viel l**nen können und v**suche diesen L**nprozess wenigstens für mich p**sönlich umzusetzen. 3. Körp**liche Leistung und Grenz**fahrungen Bewegung bedeutet für mich Leben. Uns** ganzes Leben ist ein Prozess, eine ...

... als die Sonne aufgeht. Bald darauf lege ich in Locarno einen Znünihalt ein, erschrecke richtig ab den helvetischen Preisen für Kaffee und Schoggigipfel, und mache mich deshalb bald wieder auf den Weg. Der letzte Abschnitt meiner Reise steht in Form einer Bergetappe durch das Centovalli vor mir, bevor ich dann in Domodossola in den Zug steigen will. Mittlerweile sind die Pässe längst eingeschneit, und ich verspüre überhaupt keine Lust, mich noch durch den Schnee an ...

... America sent late June and early July. So, FIRST, thanks to those of you sending me stuff!!! But to anyone thinking of doing the same, you can just send me an e-mail or post card instead. Something like this: "Hey everyone, I bought you all some Swiss cheese, but it went bad and I threw it away and I got each of you a box of Swiss Chocolates, but they all started to melt, so I ate them... but it is the thought that counts!!! (Right?)" -Chris. From Spain (or somewhere near there) cK