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We tried to stay awake last night to follow the presidential election on TV. There was really a big intrest in the outcoming and there was full life coverage on german TV. But the first results were expected around 3:00 at night......
Anyways we are so excited that Obama won and are kind of proud about it. Congratulations.

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Paula and Lucy had been so sad that there would be no Halloween for them this year. It is traditionally not celebrated in Switzerland. So after being already invited to a Thanksgiving dinner (we were right a way recognized at the english speaking playgroup where Paula and Lucy as attend writing and reading classes as american english) I did not hesitate to ask for some hints where I could go trick or treat. Even though the Mom who invited us for Thanksgiving does not life in Bern she mailed me next day with information about some trick or treating in a smaller town close by. I am really happy to experience some american way of life here. But I must admit on Friday night I was really sad that I could not hang out with you guys!

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The girls did not have much time to play outside because we had to hurry to our new apartment. Our container arrived at 9:00 am. I still can't believe this whole international shipping thing went so smooth. We just found our beautiful apartment in time. It has three bedrooms and is brand new refurbished with new bathroom and kitchen. It has high ceilings with stucco on them. There even is a small park with a playground right in front of the house. Our lease official starts on the 15th of November but we were able to put our furniture in on room and I hope I can start within the next days to open boxes.

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We had our first snow! It started snowing Wednesday night and you can imagine how exited the girls were when they woke up next morning.

night impressions

These pics are from our kids free days in Bern when we were able to go out.
But now we we back to staying at home. Torsten enjoys to watch the coverage of the german soccer league on TV. It is kind of a thing all men do in Germany. As it is two hours long I have some time to blog some.
We already enjoy the benifits of beeing close to home. Next weekend friends (kind of funny they are German and so far we only have met twice in the States) invited us to a Party in Zuerich (about an hour away) and the grandmas are coming to babysit for the night. I will also go to visit my sister in Munich as she had her baby, a boy named Anton.

family day

On the weekend we went to the mountains for the first time. We are so impressed with the public transportation that we decided to do the whole trip without the car. So we first had to catch a train from Bern to Thun (which is half an hour away and lays on a beatiful lake) then took a bus to Beatenbucht. The women at the ticket counter even broadcasted the bus driver to wait for us. So we arrived in no time at the bottom of the Niederhorn. To get up to 2000m we first took a mountain railway and then a gondola. We had a great time enjoying the view of one of the famoust mountains in Switzerland: Eiger, Moench and Jungfrau.
There were a lot of paragliders and it is amazing how easy the lift up in the sky. The way down was as much fun. We did some hiking and some riding on the trottis......





After a nice dinner in Thun the final blast was that when we catched the train back to Bern there was a play area in the train with a slide and gungle gym.
Now we are already planning what to do next weekend.

tailgating

Our last tailgating in Athens, its blackout and man those fans are disciplined everyone is wearing black....I have the four girls with me this is kasey lucy Evelyn-vivan paula