Fall

Fall continues to amaze with its string of unusually warm days.

Michael's love of singing seems to function like an IPOD device - an inbuilt audio world that enhances his experience as he tunes out his surroundings.

The Chapmans landed in easy weather for touring,

including a climb to the top of the Lausanne Cathedral tower.

and Marta's hot chocolate at Le Barbare, a medal-winning recipe in Switzerland.

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A Playmobil exhibition opened in town

but the highlight may have been seeing Tintin, enjoying the local fanfare around the comic book character, as well as pouring over the complete collection in Pepperdine's library.

We took a group of students - raffle drawing winners - after a quick raclette dinner (melted raclette cheese poured over potatoes) in our apartment; connecting two tables into an L, as in old L'Abri days...

Andrew posed

and, like most of the students, had never heard of the Belgian hero before, but could easily see the Indiana Jones inspiration.

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The swans of Lake Geneva

to the dungeons

of Chateau Chillon -

it's nice when the weather cooperates.

Beyond all the region offers,

was the ultimate fun of putting on a show

in the downstairs music room, where stars were born.