English, people!!

This picture is kind of hacked together, but you get the idea. This ... is the view from Alison's (and Daniel's) room in the Spital - to the ringing bells of the Berner Münster and Aare river was he born. Have to say, the staff at the hospital ... über-friendly. No problems at all with the language. Some could speak English better than others, but everyone made the effort to speak it with Alison and got a kick out of our surname and the fact that I spoke German. The only person who wouldn't switch was the public official who checked out our papers. (Her assistant did though once her boss wasn't around. Tee hee!)

When they were bringing Alison into the operating room, the attendant that prepped her would announce "English, people!" as they entered each staging room. They made every effort to make her feel comfortable.