June 09

June was gone before we realized it. We both enjoyed getting back to SLC and going to Oceanside with the Davis family. Lots of fun and great times with the kids and grandkids. We also celebrated my parents 60th anniversary at Chuck-a-Rama and had a fun time catching up with the Williams clan.
On returning to France, Jan and Kevin Cameron visited us. They and Ann did a couple of Provence trips while I attended a meeting, then we all headed into northern Italy and up into Switzerland. We took the pass out of Lugano to Chur,

then into Lichtenstein

and to Appenzell, a very magical and typically Swiss mountain valley.

We enjoyed a great evening and dinner there, then spent the night in the Zurich area.
I visited some accounts while Ann took Jan and Kevin to Lausanne so they could catch a train back to Paris; she met me that evening in Bern where we had a great dinner in the Kornhaus Restaurant. A fabulous, large cellar where grains and wines were stored hundreds of years ago.
The next day I worked in Basel then we headed over to Innsbruck

and over Brenner Pass, back into Italy.
The pass and Dolomite area had some spectacular scenery.


We were rained out of seeing Verona, but spent the night in Padova and thanks to Allisons on-line reservation help, got tickets to see the Giotto frescos - something we had wanted to do for several years. They were worth the wait.

We made it back Saturday and enjoyed nice Sunday - church was enjoyable and we're getting to be a common ficture for everyone.
I worked this past week in Barcelona, then flew over to Madrid (>100 F) and took the bullet train (180mph) to Zaragosa and on to Barcelona-flying from there to Nice last night.
This weekend we hope to see part of the Toure de France, since it goes through our area. We'll update next week.

We love you all and miss you. Happy 4th of July!!! We'll miss doing fireworks with the grandkids...and big kids.