Winter 2007

We love living here, and by Christmas we feel that it’s very probable that we will stay here for longer than 3 years.

However, having walked the boys to school in the UK, I am loathing the school run and losing fitness by the day. I’m sure part of the loathing is simply getting used to driving on the left hand side, but it’s tiring, time consuming and not remotely environmentally friendly.

Finally, one Friday night when I am particularly tired I crash the car into the garage door mechanism, causing us around 3,000 CHF damage (paid by us personally as we are insured only for 3rd party) and an unbelievable amount of stress and hassle.

Added to this, the children are reluctant to “play out” in a country where it’s safe to do so, as they don’t know anyone in the street (not quite true, they do know 2 children locally but they’re not the same age). Grrrrrrrrr.