CH3

L'Ecole Montriond, Michael's kindergarten class, sits across Parc de Milan, a wonderful urban park...whose fountains were great for waterplay.

Then the boys hit the equipment they remembered,
(the corkscrew well - a Leonardo invention)

stumbling across Albert, a former classmate of M's.Frederic, Albert's dad, was excited to see us and we exchanged emails, etc. I kept running into folks - Debby and Udo's adult children at different times - realizing how compact Lausanne is, since everyone uses the public spaces and transport; eg everyone has their own TV, but prefers gathering in the large monitor arenas set-up by the city to see the World Cup. Wherever you were, periodic arena yells and car horns punctuated the day or night.

We bought the boys a Tin Tin and Asterix book each, hoping that the comics would inspire French.

They are intelligently designed series popular in Europe.Asterix is set in Roman times

while Tin Tin debuted in the late '20s. Tin Tin in America features every European stereotype about the United States. Tin Tin with his dog, Milou (Snowy) below.

We are presently looking for the tiny Milou we bought Jack, who faithfully hung it around his neck. Hopefully in one of the suitcases...

Parting shot of the lederhosen boys.

After a good visit, seeing Jesus and the Spanish-speaking folks at the Pepperdine house before going to Paris. We fit in two worship Sundays at All Saints, also taking in a weekly study on friendship with one of the house groups. It was nice being able to slip into things there, already having something to build upon.