Hi Bell Parents and Friends,

On Wednesday, we visited the city of Neuchatel. We started with a bell concert at the school. We had perhaps 200 children and maybe 50 adults. It was a very good concert which was gretly appreciated by the children and adults. During the concert, the children sang "Happy Birthday" to Katie Dennis, in French. After the concert, there was a lot of interaction between the bell ringers and the students. Ken and Fabian Weible (Ken is 2nd cousin to Geoff) organized the concert and were our point of contact.

Afterwards, Ken gave us a walking tour of Neuchatel, including the Neuchatel Canton Parliment House. Then Ken, Fabian, and their 2 beautiful daughters Louise and Emily, guided the bus up a high hill (read mountain) to have dinner at a unique 300 year-old resturant. It was quite an experience. On the way up, we were stopped for a few minutes by a herd of cows blocking the road-way. (Hopefully, you will soon get a picture of that on our web page).

Today, we are in Geneva. We have had a bus tour of this beautiful city. We have a concert at the church this evening. Tonight, we have home stays. Then tomorrow, we are off to Zermatt and the Matterhorn.

That's all for now. I am going to try and send some pictures to Randy for posting on the web page.

George

Our concert in Neuchatel

Students in Neuchatel sing to Katie in French

Neuchatel, after concert, students with Elizabeth, Melissa, and Kim

Neuchatel, after concert, students with Catie

Neuchatel, student Geraldine gave flowers to Judy

Neuchatel, after concert, students with David

Neuchatel, Geoff with second cousin Ken Weible, Fabian, Louise, and Emily

Ringers in tree after concert

John in pulpit at Eglise Colligate Church

Waiting for walking tour of Neuchatel Castle