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Welcome to Retour en Suisse. My adventure for the next 5 1/2 months is dedicated to my father; he wisely encouraged us to be educated, explore the world, appreciate and engage other cultures, and share with others. Enjoy my journey to ski the legendary steeps of the Alps, relearn French and connect up with sister Susan and brother Brian -- my two siblings who also spent formative teenage years in Swiss boarding schools.

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RETOUR EN SUISSE

Le passé façonne cette aventure. 
J'ai été ici avant.

Welcome to Retour en Suisse. My adventure for the next 5 1/2 months is dedicated to my father; he wisely encouraged us to be educated, explore the world, appreciate and engage other cultures, and share with others.

Follow and participate in my adventure to ski the legendary steeps of the Alps, relearn French and connect up with sister Susan and brother Brian -- my two siblings who also spent formative teenage years in Swiss boarding schools.

If you have a memorable 'en Suisse' experience and wish to share it, please contribute to this blog. 

 J. Kevin Lawler

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Vienna

My hotel room directly faces St. Stephens Cathedral..a 12th Century landmark of central (Interstat) Vienna. Originally designed in the...

Bernese Oberland

After 4 days of driving and 3 one nighters (Genoa, Lugano and Chur), I was ready to slow down the pace. I spent the first day in...

Furka Pass

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NICE

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Rooms With A View

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Zermatt

What is the most appropriate superlative for Zermatt and the Matterhorn -- peerless, penultimate, ne plus ulta? None of these...

Andiamo Milano

It was damp, cold and relentlessly raining last week in Lausanne. The forecast was not promising for skiing over the weekend. I decided...

Verbier Redeux

Ski season days # 9 and # 10 are in the books at Verbier. Sunny and warming, but not fully bluebird days. The pistes were as expected:...

Arosa - Sun & Ski (well partially)

After two snowy, overcast days in St. Mortiz, the crisp morning sunshine over the Julier Pass was more than a change in elevation. The...

St. Moritz

We arrived in St. Moritz just before noon on Sunday, after a pre-dawn departure from Ellmau in order to drop Cam off at the Innsbruck...

Kitzbuhel - Hahnenkamm Rennen

Auf Wiedersehen St. Anton. We travel through familar roads in the Tyrolean Alps to reach Ellmau, about 10 miles from Kitzbuhel. Brian has...

St. Anton am Alberg

We arrived in St. Anton late Sunday afternoon amid the final impotent flurries of a mild winter storm. We are staying at the SkiHotel...

Austria & Switzerland - Ski Tour

Brother Brian, sister Anne Devoe and middle nephew Cam arrive mid day Sunday for a two week 4 venue ski adventure. I am taking the train...

Verbier - Part 2

Good morning Verbier! Sun coming out and ready to start a ski day. Arrived Monday evening as the sun was setting in rose gold hues on the...

Verbier - Ski Season Begins -Part 1

Verbier is about 2 hours from Lausanne, located in the south western Canton of Valais. Verbier is also known as les 4 vallees, claims to...

2020 Musings

The New Year starts with the status of my extended stay Visa unresolved. As I start the New Year, I am uncertain if I will be here until...

Going Swiss - TelCom

My Verizon tel # will be suspended as of Jan 1st, until I return to West Palm Beach. My mobile # in Switzerland is: 41 079 100 5855 41 is...

Stockli Skis

With Susan and Mark's departure, my solo adventuring has began. Thus, this morning I took the train to Vevey and a taxi up to St. Legier...

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