October Half-term

We packed up the English children in the Jazz and trundled them from Oxford to Luton for half-term where we had a memorable week scurrying after the toddler and trotting after the girls. Crafts were completed at an incredible pace, apple trees climbed, big trucks moved along living room mountains and tracks, and there were Charlie and Lola sessions along with Chuggington and Shawn the Sheep. When the wee ones were put to sleep we watched the Baseball playoffs and then dove into bed expecting to be awakened with the sun. We are amazed at the sentences Theo is putting together to express himself, but then his two sisters are constantly expecting him to excel.

Big Truck time

Grandma in action

I've been waiting here a long time!

Lumber Leaping

You mean we can pick apples from the tree?

Where are you Grandpa?

A brief non-squiggle moment

Oh my aching feet

Can't catch me I'm the dough-boy

Oxford Garden Games

We are all enjoying Betsy's new garden and surrounds in Oxford. It's a place for pretend, for exercise, for playing in the water and occasionally spotting things that fly.

Look at that!

Ballet Bun

Roses

Hammock Games

Lay on top

Wheelies

In the tube

Interlaken and Jungfrau

Our final big trip was to Interlaken and up to a town without autos called Mureen in the Jungfrau region. Once again the Swiss Rail connections were amazing going from regional train to boat to cog trains to cable cars etc. We could see the massive peaks peeking out between clouds and giving you a sense of the majestic.

Luzern and Mt Pilatus

Luzern is a unique city due to it's many towers, it's wooden bridge, it's painted murals and Mt. Pilatus so near. We chose a clear day and as we stepped out of the Baunhoff there was the steamer waiting to take us to the cog railway up Mt. Pilatus. A sunny summit, paragliders, a cross on one of the peaks, and more Alphorns made this a delightful day.

The Rhine River

After spending the night at the Three Kings in Chur we caught the train and connected with a river boat cruise on the Rhine out of the North side of Lake Kontanz. The water was low in the river so we had to take a bus at Stein on Rhine to bypass that portion and make it down to Rhine Falls.