Chris’ Highlights:

Watching the kids re-connect with old friends, babysitters, neighbours etc.

Breaking into our BMW through the window, then having to replace it (and use another rental in Switzerland) – long story!

Challenging my fear of heights by skiing in the Alps and walking villages perched on mountains

Reuniting with Sennhausers!! Our favourite Swiss/Aussie family!

Candle dipping as we used to with kids at Christmas (Swiss tradition)

Swimming in ‘Hot Bads’ in Konstanz

Walking Winterthur again which still feels like home (Manta Sandwich-yum!)

Meeting up with an ‘old’ student (Celine Heri) in Zurich – who is doing so well!

Mo’s Highlights:

Seeing the Sennhausers, Thoma’s, Renate, Marlene, and Celine again

Sitting outside on the balcony, Christmas Eve with candles all around

Skiing in the French Alps!

Exploring ancient ruins of castles, fortifications and churches

Avignon and Pope de Palais on Christmas Eve

Driving up and down winding mountain roads

Greg’s Highlights:

Cable car to the peak of Pilatus!

Skiing Puy St. Vincent above the clouds

Reuniting with my tagesmutter, Renate and hearing stories of when I was little with her (“Shogi ist mega fine!” was my favourite saying)

Seeing Jacqueline and Peter again, the chicken farm and our old house

Going to Bruderhaus and Kybourg because I have memories of them.

Visiting Einstein’s house in Bern where he discovered E=MC2

Having a beer at a restaurant deck in 15 degree sunny weather (overlooking Pilatus)

Bri’s Highlights:

Looking around the city I was born in and seeing the hospital where I was born…

Watching the sunset from a castle ruin on the top of a hill…

Going into the house we lived in on Gratstrasse and remembering parts of it…

Seeing Peter and Jacqui Sennhauser and my tagesmutter, Marlene again…

Banana City hotel with thermal pool spa and Finnish sauna (we went 2x :)…

Konstanz thermal pools outside with the lake beside us…

Achieving ‘wifi success’ in Saou by standing on a chair in the kitchen and ‘FaceTiming’ people from the church square!

Saou forest walk…I wish it was shorter though 🙂

Skiing in the Alps after thinking I might die after looking at the height of them! Pilatus mountain peak too!