Awake: When breakfast is served. Overnight: somewhere over the Atlantic
Breakfast came too early. I slept well for at least 3 hrs & could have
easily slept longer. Now we are cruising @ 37,000 ft with lower clouds
below. After passing Paris our decent begins & our visibility increases.
So now the small towns & villages are visible and we are nearing our
destination. Looking out the window, every town & village is so neat &
organized with the fields wide & expansive for farming. Every acre of land
in these small countries are accounted for. It's a smooth touchdown @
Zurich(Kloten airport). Flt time from Atlanta to Zurich= 8 hrs 43 min.
Clearing customs & immigrations was quick with no problems. We walk out of
the secured area with Sara & our luggage and who do we see waiting
but....our longtime friend & soon to be a married lady, Myrta. I didn't
expect to see her here. I was instructed to call her upon arrival. Sara
introduces us to Dave, her hiking partner who was also waiting. We have
Myrta take a picture of us using Sara's camera but we mix up the
couples(Sara & I)(Kathy & Dave). We do this because Sara's Mother in
Cincinnati is very concerned about her daughter traveling around Europe
with this guy Dave who she doesn't know. She will send this picture to her
mother & tell her...I am Dave?
Myrta guides us to the train ticket booth, gives us the keys to her
apartment & she goes back to work @ Jet Aviation @ the airport.
Our train ride to the small town of Andelfingen, Switzerland takes less
than an hr including a track & train change @ Winterthur. In Andelfingen
it's only a five minute walk to Myrta's apartment & our hangout off & on
for the next 2 weeks. Her Apt is very clean, neat & organized with lots of
high tech gadgets. This place was a very large barn during the early days
and now converted into 2 very modern apts. We are tired from traveling so
we both take a much needed 2 hr nap.
About 6:00 pm Swiss time(10 hrs earlier then Alaska time), Myrta arrives
home from her work & informes us we are invited to her father's place for
a backyard BBQ. Rene, Myrta fianc`e, drives us to the farm in his company
car...about a 3 min trip. Now we join Oscar(Myrta's Father)& Son Thomas in
the backyard where the BBQ is already fired up with firewood. The evening
weather is great, about 74 degrees F & sunny. 1st we have some white wine
& snacks. Then we have some red wine with Dinner: Grilled pork chops,
bratwurst, sausage, cucumber salad & chips.
As the sun falls in the west, the temp falls in the back yard & we move
our tables & benches closer to the fire & continue with our munching &
visiting. It was a long day for us but a good day...and it's really nice
to hang out with these people again. Lights out: 11:00 pm
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