Saturday, May 06, 2006

News of the Day

The Swiss Guard has evidently now served at the Vatican for 500 years. Normally I wouldn't really care, but since they wear funky outfits and we saw a few on our trip to Rome this winter, well...uh...I really have nothing of interest to add.



Congratulations to Heather at Don't mention the skiing for a stunning victory to make all us expats proud in the competition for Best Swiss Blog.

Finally, the Swiss Post evidently has a line of new stamps coming out with a cow theme. Given the fondness we have developed for Swiss cows, this is sure to make Gretchen happy.

Oh, and we bought a crib. Or rather, we ordered one. This whole baby thing gets more real every day. (It was our second visit to an excellent store near Mulhouse, France...and you get extra points if you guessed that it's pronounced "muh-LOOZE" rather than "MUL-house"...and both times we've run into a couple from our prenatal class. As the folks at Disney might say, it's a small world after all.)

Do we have exciting lives these days or what?