Visits to Switzerland were initially at the invitation of Ruth Schoch and Esther Girsperger, to Ringgenberg, to Arosa, and to Stammheim. When The Salvation Army’s holiday home in Ringgenberg was under threat of closure, Ringgenberg’s Secret was documented; a few years later its survival was celebrated in
A Song at Ringgenberg.

When André and Patrick moved to Geneva, that provided opportunity to explore Calvin’s city and to record some impressions and reflections in terse and even cryptic style in Dead or Alive.

Ambiguity, contrasts and comparisons with personal experience appear in Recreation;

Visits to Paris have opened understanding of French and Huguenot ancestry in Freedom in Paris.