Ahh! Now this is proper vacation, a lazy Sunday morning and a brunch at the outdoor plaza cafe right outside our apartment window. We thought of our family, our neighbors and our church and sweet friends at LCR. We said a Sunday blessing of thanks and praise. We ordered three items to share, a mixed green salad, small northern Italian lasagna plate and a dish of calamari and shrimp with lightly battered zucchini strips. Delicioso! The plate of seafood was...

First thing this morning we saw a big, grand blue sky illuminated to the inth degree by good old Sol, and he came out in his most brilliant way today, our last day in Zurich. I could not help myself; I took photos of anything and everything to just capture a hint of what this place is like out of the cover of clouds. It was a relief to finally see Zurich in pure sun-filed skies. The train trip to Como was spectacular! Far more picturesque than we ever exp...