Life has been so crazy lately that I’m taking a moment out of my day to remember that on this day one year ago Dave and I were hiking in the mountains above Meiringen, Switzerland.

It was a gorgeous autumn day. We had lunch at the top of the mountain — Roesti with Gorgonzola cheese and a sunnyside-up egg. Talk about comfort food!

We were gone for about 10 days in all last October and traveled from Paris to Geneva, Bern, Meiringen, Lucerne and Zurich. I spent my 45th birthday in Paris. At the end of the day, we decided to go up the Eiffel tower on the spur of the moment. It was a bit foggy so we couldn’t see much beyond the Louvre, but it was still wonderful.