Two weeks ago we saw a beautiful sunrise on Bozeman to Denver flightThen we saw cloudy skies Denver to New YorkOur flight from NY to Geneva was long but bearable. Yay!!
It was 7:30 am by the time we arrived in Switzerland. Safe flight. Thanks for your prayers. In six days we’ll do it again – in reverse.
Meantime, we are having a fabulous 3 weeks with our dear Swiss family and friends. Today our grandson, Mike, treated us to a tour and lunch at Alaia Bay, his place of work. Ever heard of surfing in Switzerland? You have to see it to believe it!
Artificial waves in this phenomenal setting!
Are you as astounded as I was?
And the beauty around us is beyond amazing!
Alpine splendor Wish you were here!Mike treated us to pizza & a beer on the prettiest day with the most splendid sights imaginable! Aren’t we blessed?
I hope you can visit this wonderland someday. What’s the most beautiful place you’ve ever been?
There’s our daughter’s apartment building. They live on the 4th floor. This is the building across the road from themAnd there’s the church tower across the street. Its bells chime every 1/2 hour from 8: am to 8:pm
They produce a delightful time signal. Beautiful Alpine scene as Autumn is in full swing
Of course I set goals for myself. Doesn’t everyone?
Bee loving
Bee compassionate
Bee as Christlike as possible
Bee healthy
Bee intentional
What goals have you set for yourself?
We are sooo blessed to bee here! Bee present in the moment. Love life!
Those are our “Swiss daughter and Swiss Son” (Sylviane & Christian Zufferey). They are the reason we have such a deeeelightful family here in Switzerland. In the 1980’s each of them spent a year living with us as AFS exchange students- and our daughter, DeDe, married their first cousin after she spent a year here living in their family.
Here are De & André. They live intentionally too!And here is De with her sweet mother-in-law, Denise.
We just had a lovely lunch prepared by Syli. Bee grateful!
Mmmm!Bee grateful!
Our son, Ty, and daughter-in-law, Monika, had a great Saturday. Fun with a friend. Flying and experiencing the opportunity to be the pilot!! They are staying in touch. For that we are very grateful. Staying in touch is another of my goals. How about you?
Churches usually dominate the highest place in cities & villagesVineyards are everywhere in this region near BarbarescoWe enjoyed wine tasting hereThe display of food at our B&B was amazing This cheerful fellow was our breakfast server at DaMamma B&B in Alba
Amazing landscape
Now we’re headed back to Switzerland. It was a wonderful trip to Italy.
Mmmeals here prepared by my chef son-in-law, André. Ammmmazing!!
Tasty as it is pretty!Deeelicious salmmmmonAnd a yummmy cake to celebrate our great-grandson’s birthday. Deeelightful!Our middle grandson, Nick, shaved his head to match our oldest grandson, Mike. They are as much fun as they look like they’d be!
Yesterday we attended a wine/raclette/music festival in Sierre, Switzerland. Our grandson, Mike, was there with his wife, Tania, and our great-grandson, Ethan. Today we are Celebrating Ethan’s 2nd birthday. Here is Mike… and here’s the fife & drum corps:
Fife & drum corps
After the festival we had the privilege of visiting with Chantal. She is our son-in-law, André‘s cousin. She lived with us for about 10 months in CA back in the ‘70’s when she was about 17. Such fun to catch up with her again! Being with family & friends is what this trip to Switzerland is all about!
Chantal with us
I went to church this morning with Denise (André’s mom). It was a beautiful morning.
Sierre’s Catholic ChurchThere is their apartment building. And this display of water fountain and flowers is right behind/beside their apartment building:That round building with the bell tower is right across the street from where Grandmama Denise & De/André are living.
It’s such a pretty day here!
It’s rare to see these buildings in disrepair… even the ones built in the 1700’s! But sometimes they do show their age. More typically, the buildings are in pristine condition… like at this winery. De helped Bob select the perfect bottle to share at today’s party. Yes!
Santé, my friends. Thanks for visiting JanBeek. See you tomorrow.
Sierre, Switzerland Grandmama (Mammie) Denise was happy to see us!We were delighted to have all 3 of our Swiss grandsons join us last nightCéline (Nicky’s significant other) joined us briefly. Such a sweetheart!André (our son-in-law) fixed a gourmet dinner for us. Yummmm!Which grandson is craziest!?
We spent from 6:30 am Tuesday to 7:30 am Wednesday on 4 different flights to get to Geneva. De & André picked us up there. The 2 hour drive to Sierre was gorgeous! Pictures don’t do it justice. Zoom in on those terraced mountainsides covered with vineyards!
That side of the valley is more rugged…There are the vineyards on the north side of the valley. The southern side of the valley doesn’t get the afternoon sun. No vineyards there. This is the view from our 4th floor patio“Grampy” Bob is sooo happy to be with our daughter, DeDe, again! So am I!
