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Swiss visit, late April 2008

Alison is presently based in Santiago, Chile, but visits the old dad in Switzerland whenever she's in the neighborhood . . .
. . . for as many Swiss national dishes as can be got down in a few days and a lot of hiking in the countryside roundabout.
Which, in late April 2008, was neither here nor there, snow-wise.
La Foirausaz farm from atop a nearby bluff in the forest
Down through smooshy snow in the forest
Sometimes VERY smooshy snow
La Foirausaz as we pass by it
Farther up the valley, the Pré de St-Livres farm
Alison near the meadows of St-Livres
About half snow these days, and half not
Peeking down the gouffre. The stair and railing leading down to a little balcony down the inside have been laid on in recent years.
The Gouffre or cavern at the meadow of St-Livres
Carpet of spring flowers
Alison contemplating cool clouds worth photographing
Alison settling for just photographing the old dad instead
The old dad photographing Alison macro-photographing defenseless little flowers.
And fingers.
Very mixed snowshoeing in late April in the Swiss Jura
The next day, not far from the Mondion farm above Bassins, we're fed up with clumping over grass in snowshoes and choose just to sink knee-deep in the snow on every third step instead.
Alison in the forest running with melt-water
We're thoroughly lost by this time, but still hopeful.
The trail has disappeared, only wet hillsides now, but it's okay.
Ali's off tomorrow for Chile by way of Germany, but coming back soon, we hope.

On this trip to Europe, Alison's come by way of a working spell at the NRAO, the VLA (Very Large Array) at the US National Radio Astronomy Observatory near Socorro, New Mexico, where she took her Ph.D. a while ago.
But here's where she's working now, at the ALMA project in the Atacama mountains of Chile at 5,000 metres (16,500 feet) above sea level. ALMA stands for Atacama Large Millimeter Array.

Alison and colleagues and one of the new thingies.
Alison and a colleague

Visiting the nearby Valley of the Moon