summer in Ouchy

Even though the weather is still beautiful here, its beginning to be more hazy and I'm hanging on to the memory of beautiful, clear summer nights.  

evening walks.

the winter has been so mild that we've been able to take long walks lasting into the evening, almost guaranteed a beautiful sunset. well, i've been talking some looong walks and howie has been able to join for shorter ones because he really has been studying/working. all. of. the. time. 


here is us at ouchy waterfront again, this time with the pink light of sunset.

12C = 53F

we enjoyed a day of 12C/53F weather this weekend and got a taste of spring. this was the first time we could clearly see all of the beautiful mountains that surround us.

free entertainment at the Ouchy waterfront included expert roller skaters practicing a slalom course at top speed, old ladies almost being run over by said roller skaters, and small children picking up cones of the slalom course.

Howie starts school tomorrow, so our "vacation" is now over. wishing him the best on this new adventure. time for him to get busy and for me to learn how to cook!

ciao, friends!

day five. getting out: a tour of ouchy.

fact: we live above a japanese restaurant that charges $9 for 2pc. nigiri sushi. (see apt door w/yellow mailboxes)

we also live down the street from a bakery. yum!

i love the trees on our street. i'm not a tree buff, although the bark resembles sycamore. anyone know?

Ouchy waterfront. Can't wait to watch the ecole bateaux in the summer!

sleepy ouchy with the shutters closed.

Ouchy (pronounced: oo-she)

morning ritual

Les Bateaux, patiently waiting.

howie.

ali. (& mountains! better pics to come- too sunny!)

days three/four. the couch.

days three and most of four were, literally, spent on the couch. my illness took a bad turn and i could barely move. thankfully howie was feeling better and made two trips to the pharmacy for me! he also managed to take these pics of our ouchy apartment view during the snow. believe it or not, there may be some alps behind those clouds- we have yet to see!

i think we have a pretty decent view- we look directly out to the white building with turrets from the top photo, and the grey building with shutters from the second photo. our apartment is a pink version of the dirty one to the right of the gray building, so its a good thing that we have something a little more charming to stare at! there is also a pedestrian/bike path you can see in the photos, so we have lots of green space to look out to. and somehow there are millions of little birds that live here- maybe there are just lots of birds in switzerland?

we did make some progress on unpacking our apartment today, but we'll wait to post some photos until after our ikea trip. hopefully we'll also be able to find the mysterious cellar to find the remaining furniture we "purchased" from the previous tenant... to be continued...