Blogs from Thun, South-West, Switzerland, Europe

Die 8. Arbeitswoche und damit auch der zweite volle Monat in Bern sind am Freitag erfolgreich zu Ende gegangen. Während die Medien in Deutschland anscheinend meinen, sich im Herumheulen über den Sommer überbieten zu müssen, ist das hier kein Problem. Ok, es sind vielleicht über 30 Grad, aber wen stört das schon? Bei den Wegen zur und von der Arbeit ist das kein Problem und tagsüber im Büro auch nicht. Obwohl wir keine Klimaanlage haben. Vielleicht sollte der eine oder andere sich mal den Sommer in Kairo oder Südchina ansehen oder wie ich im Rekordsommer von 1994 bei der Bundeswehr die Grundausbildung machen. Dann weiß er, was wirklich heiß ist. Für heute habe ich mir eine Fahrt mit einem Ausflugsschiff von Thun nach Interlaken im Berner Oberland vorgenommen. Den Thuner See hat mir auch ein Motorradfahrer ... read more

A visit from South Korea We were a bit scared when our friend Minji from South Korea wrote us that she will visit us by the end of september. It can be already really cold then and the weather might be really bad. And what can we do with bad weather in the mountains - not to much. But we stayed positive and were really looking forward for Minji's visit. But before, we had lots to do. We had just moved into our new flat and were still living in between all the boxes. So we had to hurry up to get everything ready before Minji's arrival. Well, let's not talk about sour muscles and long nights ;-). In fact, we did not know each other very well. We met about 1,5 year ago in a ... read more

Once again, I allowed God the honour of waking me up that morning - who needs an alarm clock when you have the Holy Spirit? It was a beautiful sunny day and the panoramic view before me when I drew back my curtains was breath-takingingly beautiful. It was also great motivation to get ready and start the day. At 8:00 before breakfast I decided to take a walk - being outside with such a great view before me gave me a different kind of closeness to God - His might, power and majesty and at the same time, I kept thinking, this same God who made these huge mountains, loves me! The breakfast table conversation that morning soon turned to the night before, when Alana had been filled with the Holy Spirit and how later God ... read more

Yesterday was a wet and cool day so no mountains. A good day for shopping and looking around Thun which we did. Thun is a great town to visit at the end of Lake Thun with it's river bisecting and running through, the old town and the castle. I need add no more than that but if interested, check it out on the internet. We've visited many times before and always enjoy it. Today, we're still in gloomy weather in the mountains but okay in the lower areas so we headed to Aeschi which is a small village in the hills between Spiez and Frutigen. We haven't been here before and there are many trails around the vicinity. We took a bus from Speiz to Aeschi then walked along the hills above Lake Thun then down ... read more

First entry of the 2008 Boss-Sauser Switzerland trip. Our two families will become reacquainted with the villages and people of our Grandfather's in the Berner Oberland region near the city of Thun. We'll be traveling under the flag of the Canton of Bern (shown here). Our trip starts August 6th from Columbus, OH (USA). Please follow our adventures in this blog. ... read more