The Brandt Blog

Bonjour, Family and Friends – As promised in the 2nd installment, this final Brandt Travel Log follows our visit to Lyon, France. Ahhh, Lyon. The city where someone is at this moment walking around with Hannah’s iPhone, undoubtedly claimed from the train seat upon which she rode from Bern! Merci,beaux coup Mademoiselle Americane! It was […]

Hello, Friends and Family – As promised, we’re checking in after our second stop of this trip having just departed Bern for Lyon, France. Bern offers up a nice contrast to the sprawling, hyper-commercialized and modern Milan. As the capital of Switzerland and its center of banking, Bern is a very modern city but its […]

Greetings, Family and Friends – We write this whilst in the Alps – having just departed Milan for Bern, Switzerland. Milan isn’t what I’d call a “classic” Italian vacation city (i.e. Rome, Venice, Florence…) but has plenty to see, do and eat. It’s in northern Italy, you know and the Milanese would tell you that […]

It seems a little premature, but Anne ordered today the Electricity and Natural Gas.  We’re not sure where the gas will “be plugged into” but as we see in the photo, the electrical box is ready to receive from ComEd the meter.  For reference, this is located on the wall of the master bathroom. We also […]

Today we visited the site with our good friend Madeline Sefton…who was photographed showing off her amazing balance, agility and courage.  You see, our plan was to first hop to the garage mound and then trek along the foundation top to the window well on the south side.  A good plan…failed.  We had to drawbridge our […]