And some more photos from Italy

From our second day in Como, including the boat ride

Italy, for the first time

Last week, Nana came to visit with her sisters Kathy and Lee. We decided to take a short trip to Italy (3 hours on the train, including through the world's longest railway tunnel, at least on the way back). We went to Como on Lake Como, home of George Clooney (and given how good and cheap the espresso is, I don't know why he drinks Nespresso....)




I have never been to Italy before either, so I was very excited to go eat the food. NB Italy is the ideal holiday destination for the kids as 3 of their top 4 foods (Pizza, Pasta and Risotto) are Italian (for the 4th, we need to go to Japan). We were only there one night but we had the chance to eat fresh pizza, take a boat trip around Lake Como, go up some winding streets so narrow that you could reach out and touch both sides (yet Italian's drive their tiny cars round the corners at great speed), take a funicular railway up the hill, eat Gelato, and generally chill out and enjoy that everything was half the price of Switzerland.

Bluet's Gallery

Here are a few pictures Bluet has drawn recently on the whiteboard

My favourite - 'man pulling up his pants (trousers)'

Haircuts

Meanwhile last Saturday Bluet and Ilona got their hair cut at Sihl City

Before


During


After

Skiing

Last Sunday we went up the mountain where all of Zurich goes in the winter to go skiing (Flumseberg) - Ilona's first time, and she took to it like a penguin to ice and snow. Meanwhile Bluet hadn't forgotten everything she learned last year

Here is a video with Ilona skiing downhill in the background

School Photos

Today is school photograph day for Bluet. Here are some unprofessional pictures of her in her school photo clothes I took this morning

Shopping Centres, Swiss style

Last weekend we went to a Swiss shopping centre, and then to Ikea - exciting, right? Right?

Spot the Bluet





Bluet, ready for school in the rain