universe of particles

Our friends Jess and Brad our visiting us from St. Louis. For their first visit to Europe, they saw just about everything in Paris and Rome, and are relaxing with us in quiet Challex, walking in the countryside, and picnicking in the vineyards. And let's not forget the CERN tour. After a brief stroll through Geneva, Derek gave us a tour of CERN. I usually sit this out, but neither of us had yet been to the Globe's Universe of Particles exhibition. 

I was impressed. The exhibition was understandable, interactive, and made me really proud of my husband's research. I guess if I have to share so much of him, at least all his time is going to something really awesome. Get excited about science: find out more about the exhibition and download the brochure.

hiking the ridge

I've been wanting to hike more on the ridge of the Jura. We often go up and come right back down. Late this afternoon we decided the rain would hold off and there would be enough daylight to do a little exploring. So instead of the usual trail, we started out near Farges and spent some time on the ridge line.

 

It was beautiful. Lots of dramatic fog and a patch of snow left from our June snowfall (provided some needed hydration at just the right time).