Preparing the Christmas turkey....

.....filled with fruit and Swiss spices.

Getting ready to eat the .....

.....Christmas Day turkey with Anita's parents.

Lighting the Christmas tree caldles.....

....by my cousin Anita and her son Marco.

A Christmas tree with real candles.....

.....it is really beautiful.

These are colorful and popular necklaces....

....made with candy.   ($3.30/each)

Everything made from onions....

Onions hanging in all shapes and designs....

....and this was all before 7 AM.

These are all made from Onions....

.....by some clever Bernese farmers.

Onion Days wreaths....

....made with garlic bulbs and peppers.

On the streets of Fribourg....

.....with the Swiss flag in the background.

Here is St. Nikolaus with....

....one of his black petes.  The naughty children are carried away by the black petes.

Picture taking moment with St. Nikolaus.....

.... at the Fribourg celebration.

This is a water fountain in Berne....

....right near where Albert Einstein use to study and work.

This thing really gets up there......

"Who made me do this??"

Looks like a lot of fun.....doesn't it?

This is where they land.....

Here is the flyer we got in the mail this week.....

....the rough translation was in my weekly update.

Here are the American Indians selling CD's .....

....as street vendors in Switzerland.

These are Marco's medals, except for....

....the ones he earned at the Utah Summer Games when he stayed with us.

This book was the home....

....of some paper eating critters.

This book was severely dammage.....

.....damaged by mice or rats.

Here's how we have to mark these books...

.....when we take photographs of them.

Sometimes we get to enjoy.....

.....going through these old books.

This book was full of very....

.....creative lettering.  Especially the first letter.

Some of the people who kept records....

....were very creative.

I think the people who kept these records.....

....had a lot of extra time on their hands.

On our way to France to go shopping....

....for groceries we enjoy this scenery.

There are many orchards and vineyards...

....in the South of Switzerland.

This is our pot luck dinner....

....after Church services on 10-30-2011.

This tree is in the town of Marley....

....not too far from out Church.

Autumn colors in Switzerland.....

.....not as vibrant as New York but still nice.

More Autumn colors near our village.

Our little village of 700 people....

.....click on it to enlarge and you will see our apartment house with the X.

Another Autumn picture....

....taken just above our village of  Corbières.

This a picture of our little village.....

....if you click on it, (enlarge it) you will see our apartment building with an X mark.

Here is a 400 year old 4 legged spider....

.....I found in one of my books.

Our town, took about a half acre field....

....and made a challenging race course.

At one point of the track....

....the cyclist had to get off his bike and walk it over a hazard.

They even had a clown...

....making hats and animals for the kids. He was very popular.

We visited Brooke and her family....

....and volunteered to help them stack their winter wood.  She is from the US and David is from France.  He workes for Nestles....they make the very best chocolate.

They are following the counsel of our Prophet....

.....by having their winter's supply of fuel for heating their home.

Here is Brooke, Shannon and Tuan....

....they are a great family.

Here is David loading the wheelbarrow.....

.....and Tuan is following his footsteps.

Even thier son Tuan helped.....

.....he is a great little kid.

We stacked the wood.....

....all the way to the ceiling.

The last step of the wood stocking project.....

....is the clean up.

This place is called Vallee du Trient.....

.....it's not too far from where we take Antonia to see her husband.

We took a short walk...

....down one of the many trails.

There is a lot of wind up here on the mountain top....

....the locals are afraid of losing their roofs.