The resourceful Swiss: a retired hiking boot finds new life as a planter.

"Aren't you glad you decided to come with me?" Kim asked, with just a hint of "I told you so" in her tone.

There was no way I could deny that I was happy to be here, breathing the pure, brisk mountain air and watching as the fog played peek-a-boo with the mountains.

I began re-calculating how long I could stay in this alpine paradise...

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