I start each day with a 30-40 minute walk...

....enjoying the beautiful scenery, which I will miss when we leave.

It's fun to watch the sun hit this peak....

....and slowly work it's way down to the city of Bulle.

When I walk by this cabin every day....

....it reminds me of our cabin in Heber, Utah.

We received a fresh blanket of snow last night...

....in a couple of weeks this field will feed a quite a few Swiss cows.

There is a chair lift up this peak....

.....for skiers and for a great view.

This is a church in our little town...

....surrounded by the morning fog.

Don't get too excited about our gas prices here.....

....first they are in Swiss Francs, so 1.86 is really $2.02 PER QUART or $7.67 per gallon.

Here is an example of a page we see that needs to be indexed.....

....can you read anything off this record written in the year 1723.  If you were searching for Marie Catherine Genet in a book that had 500+ pages, would you see her on this page?

Here we have indexed the three names: Marie Catherine,

 

her Father Jacob Genet, and her husband Connrard Veillard, plus other info like page #, and the date.  Now when someone searches for any one of these 3 names, it will tell them what page it is on and then they can see the exact rccord without going through the entire book.  It saves a lot of time.

The children were very cute in their outfits....

....and did several traditional dances.

These two young men plus 5 other older men....

.....did some very fancy flag waving and tossing....a traditional activity in Switzerland.

These dancers were in traditional Swiss dress....

....and danced several numbers with the children.

Jo Ann went to a baby shower for a sister in our Branch....

....and they made this "cake" with rolled up baby diapers.

Have you ever heard the song: "Sur la pont, d'Avignon......

....L'on y danse, l'on y danse?  It is a really catchy tune.  Well, this is where the song comes from. 

The bridge originally spanned the Rhône River between Avignon and Villeneuve-lès-Avignon on the left bank. It was built between 1171 and 1185, with an original length of some 900 m (2950 ft), but it suffered frequent collapses during floods and had to be reconstructed several times. Over the centuries, it became increasingly perilous as arches collapsed and were replaced by rickety wooden sections.
The bridge was finally put out of use by a catastrophic flood in 1668, which swept away much of the structure. It was subsequently abandoned and no more attempts were made to repair it. Since then, its surviving arches have successively collapsed or been demolished, and only four of the initial 22 arches remain intact today.

Here are some friends of ours in front of the Arena.....

Roman Temple near the Arena.

Swiss shooting team including.....

....my cousin's son Marco, second on right.

The 8 shooters standing are the team that became Swiss Champion for the 24th time

....and the 8 shooters that are kneeing won their competition and suceeded (with Marco second on the left kneeling) to advance in the highest national ligue (A). So the next air rifle season will be quite tough.