RCTFatal. I’m guessing this is not a good thing?
Month: August 2020
Dia dos pais
Feliz dia dos pais!
Monitor recommendations
I’ve been spoiled by a 27″ 5K iMac as primary monitor for the past 2.5 years. What monitor should I get to pair with a 16″ MacBook Pro? (I really wish I could just use the iMac in Target Display Mode.)
Alpkäse
I like that the largest sign on this post is advertising cheese for sale! (Alpkäse)
Ämsigen hike
Morning hike, Ämsigen: 5.5km, 950m ascent, 2h15m, 13°C. Halfway up Mt Pilatus was already the toughest hike I’ve done this year. Great views of Lake Lucerne. We bought Alp cheese from the farm up at Ämsigen before taking the cogwheel train back down.
Zugerberg hike
Morning hike, Zugerberg: 8km, 390m ascent, 2h30m, 11°C. Easy hike but also easy to fit in midweek. Cool and misty in the forest this morning.
3 Years in Switzerland
Wow. It’s sort of hard to believe that it’s been three years to the day that we arrived in Switzerland. Also hard to believe that it’s already been two years since I wrote this post. On the other hand, the past five months have felt like two years unto themselves.
Some things have changed, others have not. We still don’t know how much longer we’ll stay here (our right to stay depends upon a local job and a permit that must be renewed annually). We still have not really integrated into society here.
On the other hand, I’ve learned a lot more German (after two years of twice-weekly German classes), we’ve traveled pretty extensively both within Switzerland and around Europe (not so much in 2020), and I’ve hiked quite a few mountains.
I still love it here. It’s not perfect. No place is. As much as we complain about the (belated, confusing, mistake-ridden) coronavirus response here, it’s worlds better than the tragedy/disaster that is the United States’ handling of the pandemic.
What’s next? I’m not sure, but it looks like we’ll get another year here. Hike some more mountains, I guess. Explore Portugal more when it’s safe to do so. Work on our bagel baking.