Our home.

So, since we’ve decided to stay in Switzerland for a while longer, the idea came up to perhaps move into a bigger apartment because with seven people in our 3-bedroom smallish apartment, it can be a bit squeezy.  BUT, there are so many things we love about where we are.  Shall I list?
Good things:

1. Kids can walk to school.
2. Kids (especially Hazel) have good friends here.
3. Our neighbors are really nice and have never complained about our kids.
4. We live in a BEAUTIFUL spot!!
5. We have milk right around the corner (farm fresh even), so  essentially we never run out of milk.  That’s awesome, in case you were wondering.
6. We’re at the end of a long dead-end, so traffic is a non-issue.
7. We have a farm around the corner, and the woods around the other corner.
8. Close to Bern and church.
9. Big windows.
10. My downstairs neighbor is a chef and often gives us food.  Honestly, it’s AWESOME.

And bad things:

1. Nasty orange and green tile.
2. A little tight, and all one level (my dream is to someday have a downstairs so that I can send the kids down and they’re not always right under my feet).

That’s about it.  Oh, and I should have put on my good list that it is pretty affordable.  If you get even a little bit bigger in size, the price can just skyrocket.  Crazy Swiss prices.  So, we keep an eye on available apartments, but it would have to be a pretty ideal situation for us to actually move.  And in truth, it doesn’t feel the small in the summer, mainly in the winter. Besides, even 'bigger' isn't much bigger.  Basically, we're an American-sized family trying to fit into Swiss-sized residences.
Shall I show you again how pretty it is where we live?
        
 
It’s also very pretty in the spring rain, in the autumn, in the snow, and more snow, and even fog.   Who could leave this?