Comments on: Day 2 on the Haute Route - Switzerland http://changeinplans.net/2009/03/31/day-two-on-the-haute-route-switzerland/ Unexpectedly, our family has an opportunity to travel around the world for a year. This blog describes where we are, and what we are doing. We will try to keep it interesting Sun, 20 May 2012 06:01:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: India http://changeinplans.net/2009/03/31/day-two-on-the-haute-route-switzerland/comment-page-1/#comment-297 India Fri, 03 Apr 2009 11:22:45 +0000 http://changeinplans.net/2009/03/31/day-two-on-the-haute-route-switzerland/#comment-297 For all those dedicated readers waiting on tenderhooks for Peter's next blog, he will be back on line soon. He is deep in the snow and mountains of Switzerland and misses you as much as you miss him! Much adventure to recount when he gets back online. Down in NZ, kids and India are exhausting all kid and adventure-related activities on the North Island. Lu has been chased by a pink sheep, Zola has been head-butted by a Scottish bull (not sure why he is in NZ), and our friend Ginny has jumped from a plane at 15,000 feet (Peter was at the same altitude yesterday somewhere in the Alps). Zola begged to jump as well (minimum age in NZ is 8 years old!) but decided to wait until Dad returns. India would have jumped, but Lu clutched her hand and physically restrained her. Think she is still traumatized by the bungy jumps a couple of weeks ago! We have decided that Kiwis (the people) jump off cliffs and out of airplanes from time to time to prevent permanent narcolepsy. It is not a fast-paced society, though it is a gentle one full of hardy, tough people. The search for adventure continues tomorrow, as does the online search for flights to grandmother's houses, apartments in New York, and other realities of our return to life in the States. For all those dedicated readers waiting on tenderhooks for Peter’s next blog, he will be back on line soon. He is deep in the snow and mountains of Switzerland and misses you as much as you miss him! Much adventure to recount when he gets back online.

Down in NZ, kids and India are exhausting all kid and adventure-related activities on the North Island. Lu has been chased by a pink sheep, Zola has been head-butted by a Scottish bull (not sure why he is in NZ), and our friend Ginny has jumped from a plane at 15,000 feet (Peter was at the same altitude yesterday somewhere in the Alps). Zola begged to jump as well (minimum age in NZ is 8 years old!) but decided to wait until Dad returns. India would have jumped, but Lu clutched her hand and physically restrained her. Think she is still traumatized by the bungy jumps a couple of weeks ago! We have decided that Kiwis (the people) jump off cliffs and out of airplanes from time to time to prevent permanent narcolepsy. It is not a fast-paced society, though it is a gentle one full of hardy, tough people. The search for adventure continues tomorrow, as does the online search for flights to grandmother’s houses, apartments in New York, and other realities of our return to life in the States.

]]> By: India http://changeinplans.net/2009/03/31/day-two-on-the-haute-route-switzerland/comment-page-1/#comment-294 India Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:06:31 +0000 http://changeinplans.net/2009/03/31/day-two-on-the-haute-route-switzerland/#comment-294 For more information on what Zola, Tallulah, and India are doing in New Zealand, go to Zola's blog on: www.travelpod.com and search for traveler "zolab". For more information on what Zola, Tallulah, and India are doing in New Zealand, go to Zola’s blog on:

http://www.travelpod.com and search for traveler “zolab”.

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