Heatwave in Switzerland

Hi Followers

Haven't written anything for a while ... but ...

Weather has been incredible hot over the last few days (30++ Degrees) and we had some full on days with bike riding, swimming, visiting friends, train riding, European Championship watching (soccer), Diary's & very late nights due to the heat ...



Walk by the Lake of Constance.


Swimming in the cool, blue water & relaxing in the shade


Will write a bit more soon ...

Enjoy your holidays and see you all in Term 3!

Susanne & boys

Location:Appenzell

Burg Laudeck

Today we got up early to get on the bus, to get to burg Laudeck
(castle). I learned about a knight who came home from the war and
from the castle his wife was waving to him, he was excited he
rode over the frozen lake and he was so heavy with with his horse and armour he sunk.

The only thing they found was the horse's head. If you look in the
lake on a night with a full moon you will probably see the knights armour.

We went on 4 gondolas to get home.

By Luke












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Location:Ladis

Lukes 1st Ride on the Serfauser Flitzer

Hi Room 8 and other followers!
Hope this video works! Had a ball ... Doing lots of amazing things. Many long mountain walks, up to 2,440m!! Won't deny it: lots of gondola riding involved! But boys are getting very fit and this in high altitude!
Have been learning about reading the temperatures, highs and lows and found out about different boiling temperatures!
Until next time ...










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1st day in Austria

Yesterday we packed our car, we picked Ursula up and left for Austria. The trip took 2 hours! We were very excited to see the apartment. It is awesome. Downstairs there is a kids room, table tennis, dart and soccer table room and also a fitness room. Today we took a gondola up to the mountain and we walked all the way to a huge play ground. In the play ground there was a castle with 7 tunnels. Some were very small and under ground and some were above ground. There was also a raft that had a metal circle with a rope through it. The rope was attached to two posts and you had to pull the rope to make the raft move.





Murmeli - Marmot


Enzian - Gentian

In the gondola on the way down with had a great view over the mountains.






By Luke (written on the blog by mum)




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Location:Serfaus

Work in Switzerland

Just in case you were wondering if we were doing any school work: Here is the prove ...












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Busy weekend

What a busy last few days we had !!!

On Friday afternoon we visited the local Brewery and got to know all about beer brewing ... They had a very good display and we also watched a DVD, which was very interesting. Zac bought a few beers and in the evening my dad, Zac and Jade tried them out. Great day and evening.

On Saturday we visited my Aunt Alice who lives in Flims. The trip took 1 1/2 hours and Jade was very happy to get out as she was sitting in between the boys! My aunt lives in a beautiful old house and has hundreds of saucepans and pictures on display. I was a bit concerned that the boys would break something but fortunately the weather improved a bit and they could run around in her big garden together with her boxer dog! She made a yummy traditional lunch (cheese & sausage salad) and we also had apple doughnuts with vanilla sauce ...





Later on we went for a walk to the stunning and beautiful Caumersee ... Only pictures can describe its beauty!





By Susanne

On Sunday we went to St. Gallen and we learnt about the beginning of the city 1400 years ago!! Two huts were firstly built, then the whole city around it. In the middle was a huge and stunning church and I took heaps of photos. The church was really big with lots of stone carvings. On the ceiling it had pictures of angels, holy people and lots more. We also went for a walk and had a great view over the city!















By Luke


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Location:Appenzell, Flims, St. Gallen and Widen

Surprise visit

What a great surprise for the children: My dad and I went to Zuerich Airport and picked Zac and his girlfriend Jade up (my stepson, the boys half brother).

The two have been living and working in London for the past 12 months. Luke and Dylan were very excited and have non stop talked about their trip, explained about Appenzell and Rugby!!!

Zac and Jade are staying with us for the next 4 days and the apartment is getting full ...

Anyone else for a visit?





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