The view from the “throne”

 

Or a great holiday week.

 

I have been blessed many times over, in particular in my son’s choice of wife and their willingness to let me be a part of my grandson’s lives. I say grandsons as the older is now 2 years and 7 months (its all counts at that age, his counting in French is excellent and the English is coming along) and the younger 5 weeks.

 

As a protective father my son wasn’t too enthusiastic about our wish to have a small family week together right after Christmas, but my DIL and I said, as long as there is a hospital within easy reach it really isn’t an issue. We found this most beautiful Airbnb in Marsens, Switzerland and up we came.

 

The view and “throne”: I ended up in the master bedroom with its’ attached bathroom, including the washer and dryer nicely hidden behind cupboard doors. From the toilet (isn’t “throne” a much better moniker?) I look, during the day, out of the window that looks out on the countryside: at night I look up at the big dipper through the skylight directly about. Lends new meaning to “the throne”!

 

 

View out the window of one of the bathrooms

 

Always leave…

Before you’re ready

 

I had the most amazing holiday last month. Enjoyed the privilege of being able to spend time in the mountains of the Valais with my older son, his wife and my grandson. It was especially great as I was allowed to use her sister’s apartment and thus was right there, no walking even yards to go up, come down and the like.

 

Just chilling: I was able to let them take a couple of walks on their own whilst I watched my grandson, we had very companionable and full of laughter evening meals together, but still all had time to do our own thing, read, write, walk or simply be.

 

I didn’t turn on the TV once, did download my newspaper every day by using my cellphone as a hot spot (no wifi in the apartment). What a break, what a family. I was not ready to come home, but thinking it through, that is so much better than staying that one day too much.

 

To be repeated!

 

Wind blowing on the peaks

Surrounding mountains

More surrounding mountains

 

One of the local birds: tiny and in the snow!