Now here are my book roots in Switzerland.
The Shallenbergers presumably lived in the area near Schallenberg Pass.
One wonders what might have prompted them to leave this region, taking the treacherous trip abroad in 1727, settling in Pennsylvania and purchasing land in what would soon become Lancaster County.
The Shallenbergers were Mennonites, a group frequently subject to persecution. Many Swiss Mennonites fled to the Palatinate section of Germany. Many more to America. We became a land of religious tolerance.
Cal likes to do stupid things, like climbing a Via Feratta high above the town of Stechelberg in the Swiss Alps. I'm the idiot right behind him, taking this picture while shaking in my boots. This was an easy part of the climb that included three cable bridges.
Reilly, who operates at my speed, enjoys a playground.
That's Eiger Mountain just to her right.
She could be Heidi!
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