When in Switzerland…

We had a very traditional Swiss-Italian Christmas.

First we attended 10:00 mass at the Catholic church in Canobbio (Ramesha’s home village).

Then we picked up Silvio and drove to Bellinzona for Christmas with extended family — Nani’s (Ramesha’s father, brother, sister, and us of course), Mazzola’s (brother-in-law and his mother), Schneider-Clissa’s (niece and her husband, plus baby Aron), and Antonio’s parents from Rome.

We were there for approximately five hours of appetizers, pasta with salmon, tiramisu and marscapone, coffee, digestivo, gifts, dogs, and lots of laughter.

Quite a day!

First we hurry, then we wait

It was a rush moving out of the apartment this morning, but now we’ve been enjoying our final hours in Canobbio.

A delicious lunch with the whole family, a nice walk in the neighborhood, lots of time to chat, and now it’s almost time for dinner.

I can’t help but wonder what kind of shape we’ll be in by the time we get to the airport!