Blogs from Alsace, France, Europe - page 10

We are starting to notice a change in the length of the sunlight as summer heads towards its closing stages,although we hope it hangs on for a while longer yet. Our room at the hotel doesn't get direct morning sun so it was a good excuse to sleep in a bit longer and also to give Gretchen more time of rest although she woke this morning feeling much improved,even on yesterday. We are heading today for an overnight stay close to the Swiss border and then tomorrow pop over into Basle and stay a night with Daniella who is a friend of our daughter,Leigh,they both having worked in a restaurant together while they were at University all those years ago.D moved earlier to Basle for a 3 year contract with her employer and at the time ... read more

Sunday August 11 2013 - Last night we talked about heading to the alps for the day, but never really made a good plan, so it seemed unlikely at best. By noon today, it was clear that wasn't going to happen, but we did make it out of the house actually. This is a huge improvement, as we tend to be the laziest people in the world on the weekends. Traveling, we are golden. At home, we become hermits with sloth-like tendencies. Jeroen thought it would be a good idea to drive to the Grand Ballon area, the tallest mountain in the Alsace in France. It is only an hour and a half from where we live, and yet I had never heard of it. Not surprising, as I have never heard of much around where ... read more

Version:1.0 StartHTML:0000000167 EndHTML:0000002146 StartFragment:0000000457 EndFragment:0000002130 Our trip this year has started a little differently in that Guy flew to England at the end of May to facilitate MOTs, license renewals, completion of body work on the MH and to make arrangements for the shipping of our MH to the USA when our trip is completed. Jan (I ) was very involved in the Bowerman family celebrations including her granddaughter Elisabeth's high school graduation, LAX team captain recognition, and honors awards. Grandson Zachary's band and choral concerts and his high honors awards in school and boy scout acheivements were also very exciting. I was also able to hostess Rob's mother, Muriel for some of the festivities. The Bowermans have also been enjoying a trip to Seattle to visit Rob's family. All of this plus seeing my s ... read more

Hy guys, switzerland was amazing as well, ithink im saying that about all the places. I will add more of a blog when i have more time.... read more

We spent one night in Strasbourg, and there happened to be a very colourful and loud parade of some sort going on through the streets. We watched them as they danced their way through the streets. Soon we lost interest and found ourselves browsing through the many cuckoo clock shops...we couldn't resist and some old French lady that couldn't speak a word of English somehow convinced us that we we absolutely NEEDED a Cuckoo clock, all wrapped and packed we proudly carried our new purchase around:) After that intense French/English Cuckoo purchase we were quite hungry and started a long search for a restaurant that offered a menu that we could understand... We finaly found one that offered "some" English descriptions... I decided to have a Cheeseburger, wow, adventurous you might think,,but it was the safest ... read more