Our time in Lucerne, Switzerland was varied, resting up at our storybook cottage, enjoying the remnants of a leftover hazelnut pastry with some rich coffee while watching a unexpected snowfall from our second floor room. We walked into the city and people watched from a...

Arriving by train into Lucerne, Switzerland we made our way up the hill to Christian and Tone’s lovely swiss cottage. Being welcomed into someones home as a guest and depart as new friends is one of the reasons I cannot recall the last time I stayed at...

Lausanne to Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland. Our adventure continues as we ride the Grütschalpbahn (Lauterbrunnen-Mürren mountain railway) [gallery ids="9455,9456,9457,9458,9459,9460,9461,9462,9463,9464,9465,9466,9467,9468,9469,9470,9471,9472,9473,9474,9475,9476,9477,9478,9479,9480" type="rectangular"]...

It was wonderful to be reunited with Carissa after the longest separation since her birth. To have our reunion take place in Switzerland, where she has been studying abroad for the past year, added to the layers of beauty. With Carissa as our guide we...

[caption id="attachment_7183" align="alignnone" width="660"] With Karmen Friesen and Ruslan Maliuta[/caption] When I started planning to visit Carissa in Switzerland where she is studying abroad this year, I was a little apprehensive about going on a trip without orphan related work being involved. All of my recent...