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Have not posted in 8 months..I am pulling out the pics to share.


From the terrace.


Across the lake. You could not see the mountains all winter long due to the clouds but they have returned and are as beautiful as ever.


View from the main living space.

From the terrace looking towards city of Zurich...I took this picture last Sept and that crane is still there today.
View...house across the street.

Going Primal: Boys Night

Just the boys at home.

Eating horse steak and watching Reservoir Dogs.

Horse Meat Update

Over the weekend we had Liam, Kerry and Dermot visiting. We took the plunge and actually tried horse meat.

It honestly was WAAAAYYYY better than I thought it would taste. I could definitely have again.

The only brave souls to try it were Liam, Tyler, Ben, Dermot and myself.

The ladies were too squeamish.

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday to Tyler (15) and Alex (17). We celebrated their birthdays back to to back at the beginning of March.

This was Tyler's cake.

Skiing in Stoos

We spent February vacation skiing in a small town called Stoos. Stoos is a self contained town at the top of the Alps. You can only get to the town via cable car and it allows only pedestrian traffic or horse drawn carriages.

Ben and Tyler at the edge of the mountain looking down over Lake Lucern

Like many mountains in Switzerland, if you ski off the end, you perish!!!!

First Family Ski Day in the Alps

Grocery Shopping

Popular Food in Zurich includes ....... Horse and Rabbit!!!! Ugghhh!!

First Day Snow Boarding

Ben

Alex

Tyler

Weather turned out to be great. Kids were exhausted and slept in the car on the way home.

Parent of the Year (NOT)

On our way back from Venice we stopped in a small resort town for a few days of relaxation.

While we were there the kids found this great little bungee jump that they wanted to try.

Here is a link to the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oY6lf2qqe3s

Catching up....

Since we have moved in the Summer we have had the opportunity to travel to Venice and to a small resort town in southern Switzerland called Locarno.

Overlooking the Grand Canal on the Rialto bridge.



Chasing pigeons in St. Mark's square


And of course a gondola ride

Hello Again!

As many of you know, we have moved to Zurich from Amsterdam. My old company was bought by Covidien and we decided to continue our European adventure for 2 more years in Zurich.

Zurich is a beautiful country but the cost of living is extremely high. More on that later.

The kids have settled into an International school: ICS (http://www.icsz.ch/)


We have moved into a small apartment with a tremendous view of the Alps. This is the view from our deck of Lake Zurich.



And to the left is the Alps.

Great way to end a stressful day at work but sitting on the deck with a glass of wine and staring at the Alps.