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As I've spent the day unpacking boxes and dealing with moving back in, I have no (interesting!) pictures so I'll share one from this time last year.

Boys and beach volleyball in Winterthur. 

And as today is 1st August or Swiss National Day, Happy Birthday Helvetia. 722 today!

Smiles today included the removal lads who made the move as painless as it could possibly have been, a delicious BBQ and a dip in the hot tub. Also a trip to the council tip. Yes, I know that's weird but it did make me smile!

Hopefully more smiles tomorrow as we should have the house in a fit state for sleeping at home :)

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Limited wifi so short posts until we get connected again.

A happy boy and his new fez!

Mighty fine haircuts - thanks Simon for not telling me off about the state of my hair and especially Maria who did battle with Jude's thick mop and won!

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I'm about to leave Switzerland and I can't say I'm currently smiling. But I'm doing as Dr Seuss advised so here are some things that made me smile here.

And so many more things. 

Auf wiederluege xx

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All our belongings are in the van and our home us empty.

Jude and Isaac found ways of getting comfortable as the packing went on around them. 

About to go to sleep in a hotel prior to a short break in Zermatt having had a delicious pizza thanks to the recommendation of lovely Krislyn. Jude is currently planning on sleeping across two beds - I fear his Dad may have something to say about that!

Funny point of the day - Isaac repeatedly 'derailing' his suitcase as he pulled it up the ramp next to the stairs at Kloten station. 

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Tonight's post features amusingly named beer, delicious food, lovely removal men and one last night in our Wohnung. 

Here, Isaac beautifully models Cow Water beer - ein süffiges, malzhaltiges naturtrübes Genussbeer. 

Then I looked at the menu - and decided I had to try this beer too. So here's my Fahrtwind hell. 

Food was delicious too - here's John's Schinken, Käse und Speigelei crêpe. 

Followed by Frozen yogurt with Crunchy nut flakes und Honig.

Thanks to the lovely Mark and Paul, today has not been as stressful as I feared, and nothing like the moving out nightmare. Little things like asking where we'd like them to start, asking if I'd got some books to read before they packed them all away and querying if certain items belonged to the apartment are so helpful. And they left our beds, the sofa the TV and the kettle overnight so we weren't camping as much as we might. Tomorrow night we're in a hotel prior to a short trip to Swiss Valais (squeezing as much as we can in before we go). So for the last time, I'm off to sleep in my Winti Wohnung. 

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This picture made me laugh today. I think it's from Innocent Smoothies but not sure. 

It's been a busy day getting ready for the packers tomorrow but we've had fun along the way. Isaac Jude and I formed a formidable 'net curtain removal' team, and our rubbish distribution reached new levels of deviousness. I also found time to buy a new pair of shoes and watch the IPC Athletics on TV, both of which made me smile. 

Time for sleep now though.