On Thursday Mom went out to lunch with the Women's Club and stayed home. I didn't realize she did not lock the door behind her. (Can you tell where this is going?) I had the window open and was working on my computer and thought I heard the door close but there was no response when I called out. It is not uncommon for people to come up to our floor and think they have arrived at the business above us, so I opened the door and looked out, but no one was there, so I closed and locked the door. Mom arrived home about 45 minutes later and told me my purse and all its contents were scattered along the stairs in the hallway. I immediately knew someone had been in the apartment, and as we looked around we discovered that this person came in and went in to every room and opened the nightstand drawers, taking some cash, two ipods, and Dad's new camera, in addition to my purse. However, no valuables were in my purse, and I had my wallet with me in the living room. Whoever it was must have come to my room last, as from there they would have seen me sitting in the den. (Of course my back was to the doorway). My ipod and camera were both sitting on my nightstand but not touched, only my purse which was near the door. All this and the only sound I heard was the door closing behind. In my defense, the window was open and all the construction noise doesn't help, but it's still weird. I don't think they realized someone was home at first. In any case, passports and credit cards were left behind. The only real bummer was Dad's new camera. What are the odds? Theft is not extremely common in Switzerland. I read that some years there are no cars reported stolen for the entire year-for the whole country. Thank goodness we don't have to worry about getting new passports right before we come to Phoenix.
We went to Northern Italy over the weekend. We stayed in Parella at an apartment belonging to some friends of Dad. We had a very nice time. The weather on Friday was amazing, the village was beautiful, and their relatives who live next door and let us in were beyond friendly and hospitable. They even cooked us lunch and dinner at their home, and walked us up to their garden in the middle of a vineyard. On Saturday we went in to Torino which is a short train ride away. Unfortunately is was rainy and a little cold, but we still enjoyed the town. I went to Italy in 2007 with Mom and Kelly, but of course we went to the big spots: Rome, Venice, Florence. It was a very nice experience to visit a small village in the Northern part of the country. I think we would all highly recommend it to anyone. It continued to rain on Sunday, and as we had to drive through the Alps we got on the road early to avoid any bad snow. The drive to and from was also very beautiful, and part of it was along the route for the Tour de France which they are already preparing for. Pictures are up on the right side under the Italy link. Unfortunately we did not take very many photos because we kept forgetting to bring the camera with us.Tomorrow Mom and I are going to Zurich with a group of Women Mom has meet through the women's club. We are going to a museum and out to lunch and perhaps a few cathedrals. I have not been to Zurich yet, so I'm interested to see what it's like. We still have to get to Bern sometime in the next two weeks as well.
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