<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><!-- generator=Zoho Sites --><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><atom:link href="https://www.richdrama.com/blog/tag/Switzerland/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><title>RichDrama - Blog #Switzerland</title><description>RichDrama - Blog #Switzerland</description><link>https://www.richdrama.com/blog/tag/Switzerland</link><lastBuildDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 08:25:30 -0700</lastBuildDate><generator>http://zoho.com/sites/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[EuroTour 2018 Photos]]></title><link>https://www.richdrama.com/blog/post/eurotour-2018-photos</link><description><![CDATA[ We finally sorted all of our photos from our trip to Europe this fall. You can find all the albums at www.SwinglesEuroTour2018.Shutterfly.com . Here ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="zpcontent-container blogpost-container "><div data-element-id="elm_QuVp1_50Qn6VKILnZNOWnw" data-element-type="section" class="zpsection "><style type="text/css"></style><div class="zpcontainer-fluid zpcontainer"><div data-element-id="elm_K7vxMBbOTAebxexa_AvGNw" data-element-type="row" class="zprow zprow-container zpalign-items- zpjustify-content- " data-equal-column=""><style type="text/css"></style><div data-element-id="elm_QuLIHmb-SISpFwOfYgbaGw" data-element-type="column" class="zpelem-col zpcol-12 zpcol-md-12 zpcol-sm-12 zpalign-self- "><style type="text/css"></style><div data-element-id="elm_IA8JIkzdSbKS-pzLZj8MkA" data-element-type="text" class="zpelement zpelem-text "><style></style><div class="zptext zptext-align-center " data-editor="true"><div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align:left;"> We finally sorted all of our photos from our trip to Europe this fall. You can find all the albums at <a href="http://www.swingleseurotour2018.shutterfly.com/">www.SwinglesEuroTour2018.Shutterfly.com</a>. <br><br> Here are the individual albums: <br><br> We started our trip in Copenhagen, Denmark... <br><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;text-align:center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://swingleseurotour2018.shutterfly.com/pictures/228" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://uniim1.shutterfly.com/ng/services/mediarender/THISLIFE/001089509830/media/114071904761/medium/1537188616/enhance" width="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align:center;">Follow us into Tivoli Gardens and to other wonderful sites <br> in <a href="https://swingleseurotour2018.shutterfly.com/pictures/228">Copenhagen</a>.</td></tr></tbody></table> Then we presented in Denmark and Sweden on the same day... <br><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;text-align:center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://swingleseurotour2018.shutterfly.com/pictures/285" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;"><img border="0" src="https://uniim1.shutterfly.com/ng/services/mediarender/THISLIFE/001089509830/media/114071905770/medium/1537188749/enhance" width="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align:center;">Joyce was translated (through headphones) into <a href="https://swingleseurotour2018.shutterfly.com/pictures/285">Danish. Swedish</a> translations<br> were used for Rich's performance of <a href="http://www.richdrama.com/BigFishLittleWorm">Big Fish Little Worm</a> that evening.</td></tr></tbody></table><br> We spent a couple of days in Randers and Ørsted, Denmark, where Joyce's grandfather and great grandparents lived... <br><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;text-align:center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://swingleseurotour2018.shutterfly.com/pictures/8" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;"><img border="0" src="https://uniim1.shutterfly.com/ng/services/mediarender/THISLIFE/001089509830/media/114071902896/medium/1537188433/enhance" width="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align:center;">Solve the mystery of the golden boot in<br><a href="https://swingleseurotour2018.shutterfly.com/pictures/8">Randers and Ørsted, Denmark</a></td></tr></tbody></table> Back to work in Oslo, where Rich performed&nbsp; <i><a href="http://www.richdrama.com/IDreamedIWasFree">I Dreamed I Was Free</a></i>&nbsp;at the Nordic Black Theatre and Joyce shared her testimony... <br><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;text-align:center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://swingleseurotour2018.shutterfly.com/pictures/323" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://uniim1.shutterfly.com/ng/services/mediarender/THISLIFE/001089509830/media/114071888959/medium/1537187126/enhance" width="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align:center;">...and we had a shockingly great time in&nbsp;<a href="https://swingleseurotour2018.shutterfly.com/pictures/323">Norway</a>.</td></tr></tbody></table> Then to Finland to perform for the Nazarenes and catch up with Timo, the Swingle's foreign exchange student when Rich was in college... <br><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;text-align:center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://swingleseurotour2018.shutterfly.com/pictures/503" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://uniim1.shutterfly.com/ng/services/mediarender/THISLIFE/001089509830/media/114071885608/medium/1537186716/enhance" width="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align:center;">This church was our first stop on our tour of <a href="https://swingleseurotour2018.shutterfly.com/pictures/503">Helsinki</a>.</td></tr></tbody></table> Next we spent time in Sweden with Niklas, a foreign exchange student from Rich's youth, who inspired this whole trip. We were delighted to meet his wife, Jenny... <br><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;text-align:center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://uniim1.shutterfly.com/ng/services/mediarender/THISLIFE/001089509830/media/114071871895/medium/1537185481/enhance" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://uniim1.shutterfly.com/ng/services/mediarender/THISLIFE/001089509830/media/114071871895/medium/1537185481/enhance" width="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align:center;">We loved spending the day with Niklas and Jenny on the island of&nbsp;Öland,<br><a href="https://swingleseurotour2018.shutterfly.com/pictures/734">Sweden</a>.</td></tr></tbody></table> Then to Frankfurt to perform <i><a href="http://www.richdrama.com/IDreamedIWasFree">I Dreamed I Was Free</a></i>, and Joyce brought the Sunday morning message... <br><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;text-align:center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://swingleseurotour2018.shutterfly.com/pictures/1011" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://uniim1.shutterfly.com/ng/services/mediarender/THISLIFE/001089509830/media/114110262865/medium/1539129247/enhance" width="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align:center;">After our presentations we relaxed with dear friends in the Rhine Valley,<br><a href="https://swingleseurotour2018.shutterfly.com/pictures/1011">Germany</a>.</td></tr></tbody></table> With all major presentations out of the way we started our 21st honeymoon in Switzerland... <br><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;text-align:center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://swingleseurotour2018.shutterfly.com/pictures/1395" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://uniim1.shutterfly.com/ng/services/mediarender/THISLIFE/001089509830/media/114066291617/medium/1536880288/enhance" width="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align:center;">We found lots of swans and lots of references to Rich's ancestor's brother,<br> Ulrich Zwingli, in Zurich, St. Gallen, and Wildhaus, <a href="https://swingleseurotour2018.shutterfly.com/pictures/1395">Switzerland</a>.</td></tr></tbody></table> ... with a stop in&nbsp;Liechtenstein... <br><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;text-align:center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://uniim1.shutterfly.com/ng/services/mediarender/THISLIFE/001089509830/media/114066010897/medium/1536867017/enhance" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://uniim1.shutterfly.com/ng/services/mediarender/THISLIFE/001089509830/media/114066010897/medium/1536867017/enhance" width="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align:center;">...where we did an enacted prayer for the nation and stopped in<br><span style="font-size:12.8px;">Triesenberg,</span><span style="font-size:12.8px;">&nbsp;</span><a href="https://swingleseurotour2018.shutterfly.com/pictures/1869" style="font-size:12.8px;">Liechtenstein</a>,&nbsp;<span style="font-size:12.8px;">which Rich's mother's</span><br><span style="font-size:12.8px;">family is named after.&nbsp;</span></td></tr></tbody></table> ...and then a 24-hour stop in Iceland on the way home... <br><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;text-align:center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://swingleseurotour2018.shutterfly.com/pictures/1901" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;"><img border="0" src="https://uniim1.shutterfly.com/ng/services/mediarender/THISLIFE/001089509830/media/114071840271/medium/1537181513/enhance" width="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align:center;">It doesn't look like it, but we were about to dive into that water, which<br> was actually quite warm in&nbsp;<a href="https://swingleseurotour2018.shutterfly.com/pictures/1901">Iceland</a>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br><div style="text-align:center;"><div class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:center;"><a href="http://www.richdrama.com/MyPassion" style="text-decoration-line:none;">&gt;&lt;&gt;&lt;&gt;&lt;</a></div>
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