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Last night I finished reading Deception Point by author Dan Brown (Brown also wrote The Da Vinci Code). The story involves a woman who is asked by the president to validate the results of a major scientific discovery. The significance and timing of the discovery would swing the results of the upcoming presidential election. Missiles are fired and people are killed.

Brown should have chosen a title that didn’t double as a spoiler. The book kept me up late on a number of nights and I suffered for it the next day at work. It’s a fun thriller and I highly recommend it.

Colleen and Peter departed yesterday morning after their week-long holiday in Switzerland. I hope this trip gave them the relaxation and break that they were looking for. I sensed that both were longing to return home to see their children.

We spent the extended weekend doing city tours in Zurich, St. Gallen, and Stein am Rhein. The weather didn’t cooperate for snowshoeing nor for a trip to the Saentis. At least we didn’t have rain. We had the obligatory cheese fondue, fondue chinoise, and roesti. It was great having them here and showing them my side of the world.