Blogs from Berne, North-West, Switzerland, Europe - page 3

Katie and I woke up refreshed and ready to go. We knew today was going to be a pretty light sightseeing day, so we slept in a little bit. We roamed the neighborhood and stumbled upon a great Doner Kabob place. It was delicious. We then started the guided map tour. The free map we got from the hotel gave us an efficient walking tour of the city. I thought my planned walk was pretty efficient, but this one was more so. Damn. We saw the bear park, a variety of different fountains, a few churches, etc. It's a pretty compact town so we were done in a couple of hours, if that. That also included stopping for a beer at the brewery, admiring the views, and resting our feet. We also stopped by at a ... read more

Yes, two buses and six trains. We did a circular route up into the center of Switz. To the capitol, Bern. Train ride to the Emmatal area between Bern and Luzern to Langanau. Back to Bern south to Lausanne and along beautiful lake Geneva to our valley city, Sion and bus up to our home stay in the Val d Herrens, it must have been a special day for the high schoolers as there were hundreds, glued to their devises - sounds like a lot but the trains run on time and if you can read their schedule you can go everywhere. Today a boat trip on the Thunnersee (Lake Thun) Here's a few pics from yesterday. Too tired to get the blog out last night. Lowell... read more

Friends visiting us are always jealous about where we live. "Hey - this is like holiday. And you can enjoy this every single day" - this is, what they normally tell us. Well, we know, it is not the worst place to live and a lot of people spend a lot of money and travel a lot of k's to come here - where we "just" live. We have felt guilty a lot of times, especially when we are complaining about our life and when our only goal is to catch a flight and go..... Well, in general, we know, we are really blessed to live in Switzerland (and especially Berne!), to have our own companies and to be able to travel. But, also in Switzerland, you have to work hard for your money - and ... read more

I said an early morning goodbye to Simone and Micha in Davos and set off on my three-train journey across Switzerland so I could spend the day with Marc Pouliot in Biel, and then meet up with Christine in Bern. Marc met me at the train station and proceeded to show me around the big town of Biel, which included a few random statues and fountains in the middle of the old town. He took me to the rink which included a smelly tour of the lockerroom. He showed me how in Biel they put the standing room (crazy Biel fans) next to the standing room visiting fans, which appears to be seperated with a fence. It looked a bit like Mad Max and beyond the thunderdome. Since I couldn’t meet up with Christine until later, ... read more

We took a train to a small town outside Bern, wound up many hills in a tiny car in the rain until we reached our destination. Balmeggberg. A beautiful organic farm with many families living off the land. Yurts, a Sauna, beautiful music room and really lovely people to share it with. Brad and I had been learning Poi through friends and also online videos from Nick's site http://www.playpoi.com/ for a few years now. It was going to be something really special to be able to learn directly from him in such a beautiful setting. It exceeded any expectation I could have had in my mind. Our schedule for the week became 7:30am wake up for Meditation and Yoga. Break for Brunch and Relaxing. Noon: Nick and Alien John taught us Poi Break: for Snacks and ... read more