Fourth of July

We're not doing anything special over here today. Back in Small Village we used to host a BBQ - R had a great smoker and he'd spend all day slow-smoking ribs or a pork shoulder. People could come over whenever they wanted and hang out in the back under the sun-shade or out in the sun drinking cold beer and soda we kept chilled in the Brunnen*. I'd make corn bread and guests would volunteer a potato salad or chips and we'd eat and talk and drink.

We no longer have the smoker - although we have a balcony, it's not exactly appropriate to have a smoker in a city apartment, is it? - and a lot of our friends are travelling right now, and we got lazy and didn't plan anything. There are fireworks in Geneva, apparantly, but that's too far to drive for a few fireworks. So for us it's just another Tuesday in Switzerland. With one exception - R has some time off this afternoon and we're taking the Boy to the Grosseltern, and then we're heading off alone for a few hours.

Well, with two exceptions.

* That's not our Brunnen, but we did have one very similar by the barn.