perfect hot chocolate. perfect ending

byebye Switzerland - the last 4 days

Don't want to say goodbye

school day + after school care center?

Kids and Co. + new office

St. Moritz - training for the XXII Olympic Winter Games

St. Mortiz

St. Moritz was host city for the 1928 and 1948 Winter Olympics. It also hosted the 1934, 1974 and 2003 Alpine Skiing World Championships. If I have my eye on the 2014 Olympics, I should really work hard.

Schlittelweg Muottas Muragl

Muottas Muragl

After a few practice runs, we decide to challenge the sledge run at Muottas Muragl - Starting from 2456 m above sea level and race down the 20 curved white course. It is 4.26 km long and has an altitude difference of 705 m.

Fondue Tram

Valentine's Day Fondue Tram

byebye Elmo. I love Barbapapa

the red monster is officially history. The 9 shape-changing blob-like creatures - Barbapapas are Ella's new love. Guess which one is Barbaella?

Noah's Ark - Ella Style

Crossing - from the Swiss Alps to the America
Passengers from the left: Barbabo, Pony from Barcelona, Sleeping baby bear from Lisbon, Rabbit from Bern, Donkey from Mountain View, little lamb from Germany, Tiger from Zurich, Cat from Paris, Barry the dog, the Barbapapa family and Frog from Prague

Pingu Snowman

my very own Schlitten

hand-finished classic sledges made by Graf

Jason Wu Fall 2008 RTW

Jason Wu picked up the Fashion Group International's Rising Star Award for women's ready-to-wear last month. Watching his Fall collection, it wasn't hard to see why. Just five seasons in, the 25-year-old's clothes display a sophistication of hand and of sensibility that have won him a loyal following of young socialites and starlets. For fall, it looks as though he'd like to extend his reach to working women—as-yet-untested territory for this designer. Among the cocktail and party dresses he loves to design were wide-leg, oversize herringbone trousers worn with silky bow-front blouses. And he showed his first-ever knits: snug sweaters topping full, calf-skimming skirts. Though pretty enough, these inevitably invoked Miuccia Prada’s influential resort collection, as did the floral prints he used for deb dresses with soft V-necks, twisted bodices, and flaring skirts. In contrast, a pair of micropleat dresses—one strapless and to the knee and the other a belted, floor-length halter style—had a fresh appeal all Wu's own.

– Nicole Phelps, Style.com

Complete Collection

Story time

event: Ella's story time (in English/Swiss German/Chinese)
time: 12pm, 05/02/08
location: Old City, Jewish Quarter
story: TBA

Shalom from Jerusalem - part two

Jerusalem day 2

Day 4: Jewish Quarter, Temple Mount, Mea She'arim, Israel Museum.

Shalom from Jerusalem - part one

Jerusalem Day 1

Day 3: Jerusalem old city. Western wall, Muslim Quarter, Via Dolorosa and Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

Tel Aviv and Jaffa

Tel Aviv & Jaffa

Day1: arriving Tel Aviv.
Day2: morning at the beach, afternoon at Old Jaffa : galleries, wishing bridge.