http://ch.twoseven.co.nz Dan, Michelle, Toby and Noah Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:58:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have tried a number of times to write a post but I just end up complaining about South Auckland and making myself homesick for Switzerland. So I have decided only to post stuff that doesn't involve complaining. Daniel and I just watched the movie "Fireproof". It is really ... http://ch.twoseven.co.nz/what-are-you-doing-while-youre-waiting Wow, we had an awesome morning yesterday. I know, after my last disaster experience with flying you would think I dont want to go near a plane anymore... but I LOVE flying. Can't ever stop me travelling....  Anyway, Uncle Simon the pilot (sorry Simon but that is what Toby calls ... http://ch.twoseven.co.nz/flying-with-simon Hey Daniel, don't tell me you havent eaten any Swiss chocolate since I left? Correct me if I am wrong, but I don't think the index has increased at all. Better get a move on... less than three weeks to impress me! Haha. I miss you. http://ch.twoseven.co.nz/daniel-whats-up-with-the-chocolate-index This is a long overdue post.  Well there are about 10 posts that I havent posted that I should have posted.  Doh.  Not long before I left my beautiful Switzerland behind to return to New Zealand, my 'Mami Treff' friends organised a weekend away at Zentrum Ländli on Aegerisee.  This is ... http://ch.twoseven.co.nz/a-weekend-away-with-the-girls This is the third weekend in a row that I've been snowboarding. It is so awesome. I've been frequenting Flumserberg; a resort about 2 hours from where I'm staying. It's pretty accessible; just hop out of the train into the gondola and up the mountain. The end of the season draws ... http://ch.twoseven.co.nz/more-snowboarding Michelle and the boys have just flown out, and I'm here for another six weeks to finish work, hand over the apartment and tie up any loose ends. I'm sure Michelle will blog about her trip, and I've got a couple of posts lined up (Geneva Auto Salon, and more) so ... http://ch.twoseven.co.nz/just-got-back-from-the-airport%e2%80%a6 One thing that makes travel abroad tricky is having young kids.  And, after fulfilling our dream of spending some decent time in Switzerland, we have decided to return back to NZ.  The problem is, we don't want to!  But we are - for many reasons (mostly for the kids - ... http://ch.twoseven.co.nz/heading-home We need to apologise for our lack of blogging. We haven't been slack, it is that we have had no computer cos it died on us a few weeks ago. We have a lot of things to blog about so will have to catch you all up on ... http://ch.twoseven.co.nz/lacking-or-slacking I have been excited about checking out Fasnacht for months now. So inspite of still being a wee bit sick, I took the boys on the train into Basel for the Basler Fasnacht Wednesday parade. We missed out on the local Aarau Fasnacht. If we had all been well, we ... http://ch.twoseven.co.nz/basler-fasnacht Since we are managing to stay sick (running into week three now!), reading stories to the kids has been quite popular. The most favourite book at the moment is Dr Seuss `Green Eggs & Ham`. I saw that Google paid tribute to Dr Seuss yesterday with this cool ... http://ch.twoseven.co.nz/green-eggs-ham