...Auf Wiedersehen, adieu

As we say goodbye to 2011, we also say our fond farewells to this blog as it is today... tomorrow, in 2012, it will be relaunched as trippingdifferently.com

We have had loads of fun writing this blog & it has grown & helped us to grow & work through various events in our time here... now the time has come to say "goodnight ( Read more... )

FINALLY!!
This year the snow is soooo very late - it arrived just 7 days before Christmas!
We suffered cold winds & rains for a fair number of weeks, which ended in a big storm on Friday with 50km/h winds.
Then at last, the snow came on Sat & has been coming down since then... today is the 4th day of snowfall...
i'm ecstatic as is Tobias! ;)

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So November is over & that means the crazy finger-numbing typing has stopped ;)
And the result is ... see for yourselves below:


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We had 3 weeks of Autumn School Holidays in October... and we had fun ;)
Our biggest adventure was Schlaf Im Stroh - we slept in straw on a farm :D

There are farms here in Switzerland which have turned their upstairs barn space into little sleeping areas, filled with straw and you can book a night or two or three or more for a sleepover. They do ( Read more... )

November - if you have been following this blog for more than a year, you know what comes around in November.........
it's NANOWRIMO!!
50,000 words in 30 days - Hurray!!


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i was inspired a few Fridays ago & we had fish - 2 Fridays in a row...
Now is that such an exception? Is that really so special? Fish 2 Fridays in a row?...
Well, not if we were in Singapore or somewhere which has a coast & an abundance of seafood... but we are not in such a place... we live in a land-locked country where seafood is not only limited ( Read more... )

That's right... we got ourselves Gerbils!! & we are happy, excited, pleased, excited, elated, delighted... did i mention happy & excited? :D

We have been very lucky to have been given not only 2 lovely Gerbils, but everything needed to provide them with a good home & wonderful care... we got the whole works (cage - both big & travel ones,  food, ( Read more... )

Hehehhee... indeed i'm on a roll here... 3 posts in one day... never done before!! ;)
Ok that's enough!

i thought i would post something related to just US - that's Walter & Sandra.

We celebrated our 9th Wedding Anniversary yesterday & since we did go out to celebrate (just a simple meal at a typical Swiss Restaurant in our little village) & i've ( Read more... )

Tobias has been serious about another activity besides his new passion with the guitar...

He's been going for Judo training since February & he loves it!! He looks forward to every training & would even endure having his fingernails & toenails cut (they have to be short for the training sessions) Having his nails, especially toenails, cut, are a big ( Read more... )