Finally going in

We’re waiting at the lights to go into the Gotthard tunnel…finally! It should be smooth sailing from here. We’ll make another switch on drivers after this since all the stop and go has killed S’s legs…so we’ll make a quick pit stop...

At the Gotthard tunnel

Well, it’s almost 1 pm and we’re not yet to Locarno. We’ve got 102 km left according to TomTom which should only take us about an hour…but we’re a few km from the start of the tunnel with full traffic jam. The problem is that they...

Just about half way…

So we’re on our way to Locarno and are about half way there. Our navigation system says we have a little less than 3 hours left which would get us there at about 1 pm. With any luck, this will actually turn out to be true and we can perhaps get in a bit of...

Getting ready to go

We’ve packed up our climbing gear and most of the stuff for the dog. I’ve also started packing my travel and overnight bags but hubby is waiting until we go to bed….which will be very shortly. We’re planning to get up at about 5 am and hope to...

Our little waterworks

While the water in our house comes from the city, we do have two back up systems for water. The primary back up is a well on our property that can be pumped by hand or through an electric pump. The previous owner of the farm has installed a pipe system that transports...