Monthly Archives: May 2009

Tonight is the beginning of the Pentecost long weekend. It’s also the beginning of long traffic jams in front of the Gotthard tunnel. The tunnel is the main connection to southern Switzerland with its Italian villages tucked between high mountains … Continue reading →

It feels like Zambia.  Yesterday the temperatures reached the highest point (32C) for that date since 1906. Did they have global warming then already? But I doubt western Canadians believe in global warming, not after last week’s snow! The farmers … Continue reading →

“Fresh cut flowers for U-pick”.  We often drive by this sign and the carefully laid out flower beds behind it. Every time I wonder if people really do put the money into the cash box, and how the whole business … Continue reading →

Today we’ll enjoy fresh green asparagus for lunch. It’s asparagus time in Europe. Most good restaurants have a special asparagus menu during the season- creamed asparagus soup, asparagus with smoked ham and cantaloupe.  This vegetable specialty can make for an … Continue reading →

Someone here in Switzerland asked us, “How does it feel to be home?” Where is home? We still pay our taxes in Canada, our younger son and my family lives there, and that’s the only place we own a house. … Continue reading →

Flying over a country you really see what’s going on down there. As we passed over France we were amazed at the amount of canola the country grows. Bright yellow dominated much of the patchwork of fields below. Robert thinks … Continue reading →

I’m going to London to see the Queen…we haven’t seen the Queen, but we did see Buckingham Palace, which was disappointingly normal close up. Like the guide book says, many of London’s important buildings are not very pompous from the … Continue reading →

This email will go from the Lusaka airport. Tonight is the last time I will really worry about mosquitos biting my bare legs at the restaurant. No more malaria fears for awhile! Vivienne is watering her vegetable garden as we … Continue reading →