Awake 6:30 am A little foggy
" Breakfast is ready!" says Oscar the chef @ 6:40 am.
Rene arrives @ 7:35 in the VW diesel Gulf. Kathy, Rene & I are traveling
into Zurich this morning to meet Katrina @ the train station. She has
taken the overnight sleeper train from Florence, Italy to join us in
celebrating Myrta & Rene's church wedding tomorrow. Just like a fine
Swiss watch, the train is exactly on schedule.
Katrina is looking good & good looking as she approaches us from the ramp
& we are delighted to see her. Rene volunteers to give us about an hr
walking tour of downtown Zurich focusing on the Banhofstrasse, the main
shopping street. Every now & then, Rene would duck into a store & quickly
emerge with some Sprungli chocolates...yummy! We covered some of old town
Zurich before getting back into the car & driving up into the nearby hills
overlooking the city. A stop @ FIFA(Federal Int'l Football Association)
gave us a great view of downtown Zurich. Then we drive back to Andelfingen
& make a stop @ the Castle grounds to show Katrina the small building
where the civil ceremony took place for Myrta & Rene yesterday.
Myrta fixes us all a nice lunch...Swiss style. Then Kathy, Katrina & I
walk to the Oskar farm(25 min). As we approach the house, I see Oskar
mowing grass with the lawnmower so I volunteer to finish the job for him
which takes another hr. During this time, Kathy gives Katrina a tour
around the farm house & machinery barn & they talk with Oskar.
Dinner: Sandwich meat with cheese, bread & jelly. Afterward, Oskar's
friend Sylvia arrives by train & walks down to the farm house & visits
with us. Sylvia & the girls talk quite alot about the High German vs Swiss
German while I finish making the LARGE binocular for our skit @ the
wedding dinner tomorrow night.
Later this evening, Oskar takes Sylvia back to her home by car to Winterthur.
Kathy & Katrina begin arranging their clothes they will wear @ the church
wedding, plus Katrina shows us the bathing suit she will wear during our
skit @ the wedding dinner. Katrina, demonstrating her artistic skills,
draws a nice picture of a bikini girl in each lens of the LARGE binocular
we will use.
Lights out: 11:30 pm
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