Neglectful Blogging

I've been very neglectful with the blogging recently. I'd like to blame it on it being summer or just being too busy but to be honest it is pure unadulterated laziness. Its not like we haven't been doing lots of things that I could blog about and there are always issues of the day that I could go on for pages about (Karl Rove, Supreme Court, London Terror Attacks, the French).

So what have we been up to the last 3 weeks:

• We went to Rome for a weekend, average food, amazing sites, overall a fabulous city. Pictures will hopefully go up soon.
• We went to the Montreux Jazz festival to see Craig David. I can't say I am a fan of his music (Betsy is a big fan) but it was a fun time and Montreux is a very cool town, we'll definitely head back there sometime when it is a little less crowded.
• I've been golfing a fair bit and playing well shooting 80/81 my last two rounds.
• We've had a couple of major heat spells though the weather is comfortable now.
• We had a wicked hail/thunder/lightning/rain storm this past Monday. Nickel size hail, 100million CHF in damages, lots of vines destroyed, 15000 cars damaged, pretty intense stuff!
• Last Sunday we went for a drive through the Swiss countryside near our house, lots of beautiful scenery, views of the lake, vineyards, little Swiss villages etc.

What is upcoming for the Kuchta's:

• This weekend we are going white water rafting with a group from work. Neither of us have been so it should be a lot of fun and the weather is supposed to be warm but not hot (mid 20's C).
• Next weekend is a long weekend so we are going to Prague for 3 days another city that neither of us has been to but that we've heard nothing but great things about.
• We will hopefully get some biking/hiking in sometime soon. It seems like the weekends we have been here have either been extremely hot or wet & rainy. Neither of which is particularly condusive to outdoor activities.

Better late than never for an update and I'll try and get pictures from our Rome & Seattle/Vancouver trips up on the web soon.