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Well here we are now in Switzerland with the lovely Astrid at Cotton & Color – we will be teaching here on Friday and Saturday of this week – so its not too late to join in – give Astrid a call and don’t miss the fun = and of course learning new things..

but first I should tell you of our adventures of the past couple of days. Sunday we spent with the lovely Jacqueline, Sandra and Sybil seeing the spectacular countryside of the Netherlands.

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We travelled through tiny cobblestoned villages, rolling hills and country roads to reach the highest point where the three countries meet- yes we stepped in 3 countries in 30 seconds..

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We saw Castles  - okay, what constitutes a castle? – we decided it have to have a moat – and maybe that royalty must have lived there? We saw beautiful old churches and church ruins, older than we Aussies can imagine, enjoyed great food and great company..

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A lovely ending to our journey to the Log Cabin. We hope to return one day!

Monday we travelled the trains of Germany, from Aachen to Cologne, to Frankfurt and more until we reached Basel on the border of Switzerland, Germany and France… We somehow managed to meet Astrid amongst hundreds of people rushing every which way at the main central train station and travelled to her lovely home and store.

 

 

 

 

Today we explored the city of Basel – navigated the tram system and on foot followed the many historical trails through the old city. Much inspiration was to be found – an admiration for our past and maybe some designs in the future.

 

tomorrow we go to France for the day! Chauffeured by our personal travel guide Florence – a blog friend. I feel so blessed to have this opportunity to meet blog and facebook friends across the world to share and stitch with. I wish you could all be here with me..

until the next update, happy travels and happy stitching..

hugs,

Helen

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