As we drove through New England looking at the autumn colours, we thought “That’s not much different from Switzerland.” Of course, being under grey clouds for a week didn’t show the colours to their best advantage, but we had good weather for the last few days in Connecticut. The trees were beautiful, but still not [...]
So, we’ve been back in Switzerland for a few days now. It has been a busy time, unpacking, catching up on what has happened in the time we’ve been away, meetings, getting a haircut (more on that soon!) and preparing to fly to England to visit my family. Hotels in Britain are expensive! The cheapest [...]
We made it in one piece! The journey went reasonably smoothly, although we didn’t get any breakfast because someone on board the aircraft fell sick, and had to be taken care of in the galley.
Our first impression of Switzerland was “everything’s small!” The roads are narrow, the cars are small, and the houses (our house, [...]
… to paraphrase a well-known saying.
We’re all packed up and ready to head for the airport. I don’t really want to leave .
But how is that all going to fit? Take a look…
Today, we finally managed to visit Bruce and Eileen Gordon and their family. We met Bruce at the National House Church Conference during our visit last year. It was great to meet them, see where they live and hear some more of their story. We look forward to our next visit!
We drove a slightly roundabout route from Danbury to the Burkhard’s, taking us through picturesque countryside around Derby, where we stopped for lunch at Apollo Pizza, which we can recommend: good food, generous portions, reasonable prices and friendly service. We also drove through New Haven, home of Yale University.
We also stopped on the Atlantic coast [...]
We drove around New York, not wanting to get caught in the rushhour traffic. Even at this distance (about 18 miles from Manhattan), the traffic was dense. From looking at the map, the skyscrapers in the photo are probably in Manhattan.
We had planned to drive to Christiane and Pete’s, but it turned out to be [...]
Having seen the satellite photographs showing the east coast of the US to be a mass of streetlights, I was expecting the region to be one huge sheet of concrete. Reality is nothing like it; since landing in Boston, I have seen more trees than anywhere else I have ever visited. In the northeast, [...]
Ben spent much of Saturday at Capclave, a science fiction conference in the area. He is becoming a well-known writer, and moderated one discussion and took part in another. While he was there, we went to Great Falls on the Potomac River with Esther, Noah and Aviva. It was a beautiful day, sunny, blue sky [...]
Ben and Mary-Anne discussed various theological and philosophical issues on Friday evening, with occasional comments from me. On the way back from the park, Mary-Anne got Ben more riled than I have ever heard before. They both have very strong opinions, and are willing to defend them vociferously! (They did make peace afterwards, though.)
