Category: events
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Easter Eggs and Bunnies
At our hotel, we were provided with colorful easter eggs for breakfast. We also received a gift from the hotel – La Colomba (“the dove”, a traditional Italian easter cake). The cake with an outline of a bunny formed by sugar powder is quite effective. Easter gives the Swiss another chance to indulge on all things…
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100th-day Index and Statistics
To commemorate the 100th post which occured earlier this week, here are some blog statistics: There are a total of 101 posts, 95 comments, 15 categories, and 24 tags. Comments in facebook don’t show up here and are not counted. The blog received a total of 2,270 views as of today. The busiest day received 68 views…
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Moving Out of Edgewater
After day one, almost everything was wrapped or packed. The packing crew separated the stuff that was to be sent by air freight from those that was to be shipped by container. The final count of boxes was 283 !! (can you believe it ?), of which 7 were to be flown over. Don’t ask…
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Packing Up Edgewater
Our move consisted of two days, a first day for packing up all the stuff in cardboard boxes and a second day for loading them onto a container. Originally, it was scheduled for January 25 and 26. But on Friday January 22, I asked the movers to come a day later since we were so…
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Sunrise at Edgewater
These photos were taken from our balcony at the beginning of our last day at Edgewater. The movers were coming to pick up our stuff at 8 am so we were up super-early. The NYC ferry just swept by to pick up its first load of passengers. Sue went to grab breakfast from McDonalds. Rise…
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Snow Day in Edgewater
I’d better post these pictures before Spring arrives. These pictures were taken a few days before Christmas 2009, some from our balcony. The kids had a great day playing on a huge pile of snow in front our community’s Christmas tree. We really enjoyed living there.