All good things must come to an end...

After three fantastic years in Switzerland, we have returned to Indianapolis. We have memories that will last our lifetime, experiences that we'll always appreciate, and we saw places that we'll never forget. We did everything we could to take advantage of this once in a life time opportunity.

Thanks to all of you for visiting this web page more than 4,000 times in the last three years. Our final entry is a short video summary that we hope you enjoy.

Garmisch - Partenkirchen Germany

Time for another short trip to one our favorite places - Garmisch Partenkirchen. After a nice breakfast, we spent the rest of the morning hiking to a mountain restaurant for coffee, hot chocolate, and a spectacular view over the town. As the weather was perfect, we enjoyed the warm sunshine, blue skies and clear visibility to the mountains that surround the area. In the afternoon, we took a nice walk around the Eibsee. Again, very nice scenery! The lake is completely surrounded by beautiful mountains including the Zugspitze. Thanks to the Hubers for hosting us once again. Please visit their web site if you are planning to visit Garmisch. See all of our Garmisch pictures here.

Turin, Italy

One of the first cities we visited in Italy was Turin - during the 2006 winter Olympics. Since we were only 2+ hours away, we decided to spend some time to get to know the city better. When we woke up on Saturday morning we looked out the window to see the full Alp range of mountains just outside the city - it was spectacular. We found the tourist office and received a great self-guided booklet of 6 different city walks. We were only able to complete 3 of them, but even before we finished the first tour we were hooked - what a terrific city. The shroud of Turin was actually on display (which is very rare), but we didn't see the original due to time constraints. We did see Galleria dell'Industria, Baratti & Milano, Mole Antonelliana, River Po, lots of piazzas and thousands of shops lining dozens of streets. There are so many things to see and do in this city we both agreed that it's worth a trip back. They even have a Choco-Pass to use at all the different chocolate shops around town - THIS alone is worth a trip back. Sunday we drove back through the Great St Bernard Pass and took our first car train through a tunnel at Loetschberg. See the pictures here.

Lausanne-Geneva, Switzerland

This week Nancy was asked to give a speech to the Swiss national chapter of PMI (Project Management Institute) about IT Project Management at Roche. This was a great opportunity and it turned out to be very successful, but it also had the bigger bonus of being held in Lausanne. Lausanne is 2+ hrs from Basel so instead of driving home very late, Robert joined me and we took Friday off to visit Lausanne and Geneva since we were in the area. We visited the old town in each city and had a great time just hanging out. See pictures of Geneva and Lausanne here.

Happy Birthday Robert - AGAIN!

Well, as if a week in Italy and Croatia wasn't enough for his Birthday... Nancy arranged for friends to loan Robert a very special car for the day. Not just any car, but a 1964 Mercedes 230 SL Convertible!! WOW, what a fantastic car! We took it for a drive down to Thun and Interlaken in the middle of Switzerland. It's safe to say that the car gets people's attention. Lots of gawkers on the highway and in town. Thanks to Nancy and the "bestest" friends in the whole world for making it possible. Robert loved every minute of it. See the pictures from the day here.