Farmlands and town lands

Road splitting a farm

This morning I walked up the hill from Claudia`s home.  In New England, it seems like most farms have a driveway off the main road and often the road divides one farm from another.  In this area, it seems the farms are in sequence.  You drive through one farm yard to get to the next one up the hill.  Often the road divides the farm house from the barn.  This makes sense that one woud blaze a path from down the hill up to one´s own door.  And leaving one´s home to visit the farm up the hill, one woud leave from the door yard and head on out.  Wait and see the photos--it happens over and over again.

Lee and Claudia

Glass factory floor

Factory door

After my adventure up the mountainside, I enjoyed lunch with Claudia, her husband Siggy and her daughter Salima.  Her son, Cyril, was snowboarding with his class today.  Our afternoon adventure began with a trip to a local and historic glass factory.

We next visited the òld town` of Lucerne, enjoying the sights and soaking up a bit of history.

One of thirty towers that used to guard the city of Lucerne

Easter Play on face of building

Fasnacht decorations 

Beautiful clock face on tower

This evening, we watched the movie Ratatouie in English.  Mostly we laughed but there were a few times we needed to stop the film so they coud ask me a fine point of English.  Very fun day.  Photos coming soon!