Schweiz!

Here are some pictures of various exciting Swiss things, starting with our new flat.

The front of our building, as seen from the road. The door you can see under the little overhang is the door leading to our flat, which starts on the second floor... if that makes sense. We share the building with our landlords and four other tenants (there are five flats total).

  

Part of our backyard.

The back of our building.

A lovely creek runs through our neighborhood.

This is our nearby castle, Hegi Schloss. 'Hegi' is the name of our neighborhood.

A short walk from our flat brings you to the edge of town.

Recently I went to visit Didier's sister, Sophie, in Thun, a town near where she lives, and we spent the day walking around and exploring.

On the way to the castle which overlooks the town.

First glimpse of the castle.

The view from the castle.

I always have to take tilted pictures to get the tops of tall buildings in the frame.

Sophie.

A huge lake feeds into a river that runs through town.

On our way to the lakeside we saw this: the California state flag.

A few weeks ago I spent the afternoon in Zurich, enjoying every bit of old building that I saw.

An old building.

I couldn't resist.

The older buildings here have a lot of character. Have I mentioned that I love living around all this historical stuff?