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WARNING: WINE WAS CONSUMED At last to the French-speaking part of Switzerland! My high-school buddy Molly, my law-school buddy Tai (they were college buddies in a confusing non-coincidence), and I drove to Lake Geneva in late May. We had a beautiful, sunny day for this first leg of our road trip and a visit toContinue reading “Road Trip: Montreux, Gruyere, and Piedmont with Molly and Tai”

By Matt, Xander, Jacob and Leah We travelled from Basel to Frankfurt to Newark to Albany, New York for my stepbrother John’s wedding to the beautiful Madeline Tricozzi. Here’s how we looked when we arrived: And here’s our top 10 list from the event: 1. Maddy and John at the alter. We debated whether theContinue reading “John and Maddy’s Wedding: A Top 10 Post”

Barely catching my breath after our family trip to Egypt, I hopped on an EasyJet flight to Barcelona. I did not want to miss seeing my former colleagues and lovely friends, Susan and Cynthia, who were spending time in Barcelona, before a road trip to Valencia, Granada and Sevilla. Susan was my boss, but she’sContinue reading “Barcelona (And My Thanks to Susan and Cynthia)”

With two weeks of school vacation, we departed on April 12 for another Lang-Newkirk-Dzikowski-Potts adventure: to Egypt! With our five boys intensely focused on their various devices and little else, we took a four-hour flight from Zurich to Hurghada and a van ride to El Gouna, a resort town on the Red Sea. El GounaContinue reading “Easter in Egypt”

Hello! We interrupt regularly scheduled programming of the Swiss Family Lang-Newkirk blog for this guest post by Kate and Mara Gatto, beloved and beautiful Canadian ladies who took a very exciting trip to Switzerland! Basel! It started in beautiful Basel on the Rhine, where the Lang-Newkirks have settled for their extended adventure. It is SpringContinue reading “Kate & Mara’s Swiss Adventure! 🛩🌞🚉🏔🚠🎿😎❤️”

Our Belizean adventures started almost 25 years ago. I was in college, my dad and Christy were dating, and my cousin Shelby joined us three sisters at the now defunct Ambergris Caye hotel, Journeys End. My dad was in love and happy again. We girls had a blast. The snorkelling was beautiful. The mojitos atContinue reading “You Better Belize It.”

The main blogger (the force behind the blog) has been waylaid by work this past month and a half but we are back to describe our more recent adventures. There‘s much to tell! With some trepidation, given the surging Omicron variant in late December, we returned to North America for the holidays. We are soContinue reading “Toronto Reunion”

By Xander and Jacob Our dad picked us up from our last day of school before winter vacation and we drove to a little Swiss town called Mürren. You cannot drive to Mürren, so we took the gondola up. That makes it really special because you walk everywhere and in winter you can ski onContinue reading “First Ski!”

By Xander We started our journey by leaving Basel in a snow storm. The drive was long but we stopped for lunch at a bistro place in Beaune called L’Ardoise that served amazing steak. We finished our drive listening to the audio book Tale of Despereaux before we arrived in Provence. We were staying withContinue reading “Olive Harvest in Provence”

On Saturday morning, my law-school roommate Tai and I drove two hours north to the German spa town of Baden-Baden. On the edge of the Black Forest, Baden-Baden is famous for its thermal baths and wealthy visitors. Tai and I head straight to the Caracalla Baths. There are seven hot-spring fed pools, indoors and outdoors,Continue reading “One Night in Baden-Baden”