Bye bye February and Hello March. Winter is over and spring
is here. Actually winter seems to have skipped much of Europe this year and
instead taken full blown force on the US. Can't believe that February already has come to an end and we are about to enter the third month of 2014. Yesterday it was raining the entire day. A day now and then with rain does not bother me. Today the sun is shining even if it is cooler now and will stay cooler for a few days compared to the beginning of the week.
Do you ever think of people from your past and wonder where
they are, what kind of live they are living or just what happened to them. Class
mates, high school friends, teachers, others that crossed your path in life. People you will never see again, they either drifted away or passed away but come to life for a brief moment among your memories.
That lovely spring weather we had at the beginning of the
week has fled somewhere else. Hopefully it comes back soon. This is how I did
my German class homework Monday afternoon. Monday and Tuesday were just incredible. We had sunshine and 14-15 degrees C. What a bliss. Since we yet have not put our outdoor furniture out I just pulled out two of our kitchen chairs and spent the entire afternoon studying outside. One of those things that I am lucky enough to be able to do for the moment.
Swiss windows. I like them. I like the metal shutters that
are great in summer when it gets really hot and you need to close the sunlight
out to keep the interior as cool as possible. I also like the way one can open
up the windows by tilting them inwards leaving a crack open for ventilation and
fresh air.
I have made friends with our Swiss neighbor and house warden, Frau T. I have been helping her by translating regarding a new tenant that moved in that did not speak any German. This week I have had an assignment in my German class about the Swiss school system. So I made a short interview with Frau T. She was very kind and helped me with all my questions. She had just pulled out a couple of fresh loafs of bread from her oven as well and she gave me one. What a wonderful treat.
Trying to get some stubborn stains out from our white living
room carpet. Bought this product in France and tried it. Even if they are not
completely gone they at least are faded. It looks much better now.
We booked another ski trip. Going to Chamonix in France in
about a month. Get to access a friend of a friend’s apartment. Already looking forward to that a lot. It's the Swedish bikini team (a nickname C has given my Swedish girlfriends and me) and C that is going. I think it will be a lot of fun. In two more weeks our Swedish friend E is coming and we have a ski-weekend with her to look forward to before we go to Chamonix.
So what's up in your neck of the woods?