Category Archives: Family

Valle Verzasca

Posted on 18. September 2014 by erdhummel

After we visited the island of Brissago which has been on Karsten’s bucket list for a while, we went to the Valle Verzasca on Sunday which, for a change, has been an item on my list for some time now … Continue reading →

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Isole di Brissago

Posted on 16. September 2014 by erdhummel

Ever since Karsten saw a book about Swiss Botanic Gardens at work, he had the desire to visit the islands of Brissago which are located in the Lago Maggiore, about 20 minutes by boat from Locarno. The bigger one, which … Continue reading →

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…and back again!

Posted on 15. September 2014 by erdhummel

Aaaah. Who would have thought that you can get immediate holiday feeling by only going 3 hours away? Rainy weekend in Zurich? HA! Not with us! How do sunshine, red wine, open fire, local cheese, glittering water, italian ice-cream, roman … Continue reading →

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9:30 pm on our balcony

Posted on 6. September 2014 by erdhummel

We not only have permanent sunshine, we can also gaze at the moon right from our balcony! Life is good!        

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diary blogging

Posted on 5. September 2014 by erdhummel

It’s the 5th of the month again – time to ask “what are you actually doing the whole day?” (a question that I indeed ask myself every so often…). My day started at around 4am when Karsten entered one of … Continue reading →

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old botanic garden Zurich

Posted on 31. August 2014 by erdhummel

Lots to do this weekend! No, nothing special, just a lot of laundry, baking, cleaning and relaxing, so there’s not much time to write. Therefore, I’ll just post a few pictures from yesterday. We went to the Old Botanic Garden … Continue reading →

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permanent sunshine

Posted on 30. August 2014 by erdhummel

Days and days of rain? HA! No reason to despair! Because we now got permanent sunshine in our flat! It’s a wedding present by one of my best friends which she made herself (its wood partly covered with leaf gold). … Continue reading →

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seven days, seven pictures

Posted on 24. August 2014 by erdhummel

Summer holiday is over and it’s time for the weekly review in pictures again! Our week has been relatively quiet and focused on the little one. Baby swimming, singing, visit of the grandmother and a long walk both on Thursday … Continue reading →

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tilting windmills

Posted on 22. August 2014 by erdhummel

I don’t know why but some of my German genes start kicking in again…Inborn desires regarding tidiness and order are piping up. They are normally a bit suppressed in the Swiss environment due to overstimulation (see here), but somehow the … Continue reading →

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welcome to the Pinot Noir region

Posted on 17. August 2014 by erdhummel

When I wrote that we don’t have a honeymoon, it wasn’t completely true. We did get a honeymoon-day as a present from our friends which we made use of today. The little one therefore had the pleasure of her first … Continue reading →

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