LAKE GENEVA EXCURSION TO YVOIRE, FRANCE

Technology has thwarted us a bit lately, but we remain committed to the task of blogging our summer trip. The YouTube videos you have seen so far are courtesy of Microsoft Movie Maker, but I am in a remote location and my laptop does not have the graphics capacity that Microsoft requires. I finally found […]
TRYING OUT NEW LENS

You knew there would be pictures…😊 Last minute trip out to the north shore after dinner to see if we could take a few shots in the evening light…extremely windy, but a beautiful evening. I’m trying to learn how to use a new, wide-angle lens and finding it more difficult than I expected. ” order_by=”sortorder” […]
THE LION OF LUCERNE

HELVETIORUM FIDEI AC VIRTUTI (“TO THE LOYALTY AND BRAVERY OF THE SWISS”) Below is our video of a monument dedicated to the Swiss Guard mercenaries who died protecting the house of King Louis XIV of France during 1792 tenth of August insurrection. Six hundred men — more than two-thirds of the force died. Swiss Guards […]