Obviously I haven’t had a class canceled in a while as it’s been super long since I’ve gotten a chance to write. Life has been by no means any less exciting, despite a drop in frequency of performances. Still, I’ll make you wait for it as I try to catch up chronologically. [Haha, I didn't wait] The good or bad thing about writing about events much later is that I tend to write much less because all the details aren’t as fresh in my mind. Here goes . . .
Sunday, April 20th we had a little birthday bash for Steph after church. We enjoyed food and cake and hymn singing and had a lovely time. See her blog for details. Her perspective is more important anyway.
Friday, April 25th I stopped by the Blom’s after teaching piano. Steph was there hanging out and I joined in the homey fun. It was lovely as usual, and again there’s more on Steph’s blog. After that lovely afternoon I went to help Rebekkah move and a few of us went to eat afterwards because it was Nigel’s last night in Basel for a while and Stephan’s first night after returning from a business trip. We ended up at McDonald’s which was my first time in Switzerland. Prices are outrageous and the food isn’t special. Definitely the McDonald’s experience is best in Japan. The company was good, and that’s most important.
Saturday, April 26th Stephan and I took the train to Noiraigue, a little town in the French speaking part of Switzerland and rented bikes equipped with a batterie and cycled up to Creux-du-Van http://www.geocities.com/activityworkshop/hiking/switzerland/creuxduvan.html . It was quite a climb so I was grateful for the battery help. It just supported what you peddled (rather than having power of its own) so it was still tough work but helpful once I got used to the system. We enjoyed a packed lunch at the top of the cirque and I tried to get ice-cream at a nearby place but it was just a cone filled with whipped crème! Weird. We had a lovely time and we loved rushing back down the hill back to the station. There was a big celebration going on and all the locals were out. I can’t remember what the occasion was. I was quite tired afterwards, but it was a lovely trip. It was the first sunny and warm day in a good while and it was great to spend it outside. I only got a little burnt. Oh, and I don’t think I’ll explain how I slipped in the mud . . .
We saw guys with remote flyers. It was cool!
Sunday, April 27th was a dancing day in Basel, but as excited I was for it due to technical difficulties (i.e. wrong schedules) we ended up not doing much. I got a promise from Stephan to do dancing another time, and we ended up having lunch with Valda and Richard and playing Frisbee in the park. Not a bad substitute I must say. That evening I joined Stephan at Diana’s for a dinner with a former Basel resident (Ester) and we enjoyed good food and company.
I have a note saying “nice weather.” We indeed had a nice stretch of warm and sunny days. Winter has felt very long indeed!
That’s the news for April and I need to attend to homework. If there are pictures in this post, consider yourselves lucky!
Is that the Ester we met? If so, how is she connected with Diana?
Nope.
