On the 14th of October, 2008, Chantal gave birth to little Charlotte McGrath! My little niece who according to my bother has little tiny fingers and little tiny toes. It was a bit of a crazy week as Chantalwas due on the 10th and on the morning of the 14th I woke up to an email from her saying she is going into labour. Comunication was a bit challenging due to the time difference and on top of it my parents were in Italy. I eventually got a hold of Chris on his c...

Today I woke up early and made my way back to Chardonne in the car to pick my parents up from the Bed and Breakfast. They had a great breakfast and then were taken to a good sightseeing spot by the owner that morning. The owner was very kind and gave us a map wth directions to drive along the water and through the many vinyards. This was a real treat as it was sunny and the vinyards were starting to change color. they line the slope which slopes toward the water ...

Today we started the day with a morning walk through the village of Zeneggan. Once again it was looking like a beautiful sunny day with the having already quietly made its apearance. We were back at the hotel to sit out on the patio in the sun and have our swiss buffet style breakfast. They thought is was funny that we wanted to sit outside but were very accomodating and set up the table and brought coffee and tea for all. The breakfast was really good and had ...

This time around we took the sightseeing approach rather than actually hike up or down. I wanted to see snow in anticipation for this seasons skiing, so.......we went looking for it.....oh....and we found it! Season opens October 25th!!!!! We took a train Saturday morning to aigle. When we left the house in Geneva, you could hardly see anything because it was so foggy. Luckily we escaped it when we arrived in aigle and we were welcomed with another perfect sunny...

Aline and I decided to explore the area around Geneva a little more to see what it has to offer. Geneva is between too mountian ranges, to the north you have the Jura and to the south the Salève. You can cross the border into france from Geneva and then take a gondola to the top of the Salève which over looks Geneva. It was only a 15 minute bus ride and then we were there. The day was beautiful with hardly any clouds. We took the télépherique to the top and t...