Awake 8:45 am Some clouds
A typical Swiss breakfast: Bread, an assortment of cheeses, jams, yogurt &
coffee.
After breakfast Kathy & I walk to town & visit Christen @ the travel
store. A few days ago, Myrta & Rene talked to us about playing a joke on
Christen & pretend that we want to live & work on a Swiss farm for 2
weeks...maybe the Oskar farm. That we had heard that this guy will take
tourists in his home & show them how the life of a farmer is. Christen
speaks good English, he knows this guy Oskar & his farm but is surprised
that he might be doing this sort of thing. We both keep our serious act
going while Christen looks up the Oskar Stoll phone # is about ready to
call when I admit it's all a joke & that Myrta & Rene put us up to this
prank. At first he didn't believe we were trying to trick him but
then....out came a BIG hardy laugh. Next time he sees Myrta & Rene, he
will talk to them about this!
Next we visit the paper & pen store next door to buy poster board for
making our skit for the wedding dinner. While in the store, we meet Ruth
Maugweiler & her son Pashal. We talk for awhile then continue our shopping
down the street at the apothecary store to buy herbal candy for Kathy's
dry throat. Then back to the apt.
Rene wants to take us for a local car tour of several small towns...Altan
where we biked to the second day we were here(9th Sept), Marthalen & to a
high road above the river Thur where a view of Oskar's farm, Andelfingen &
the vineyards can easily be seen. He takes our picture standing in the
vineyards. Next we go to the town of Oerlingen & we tour the woodworking
business of Urs Maugweiler(Ruth's husband). Their products are many:
Doors, windows, cabinets, tables...just about anything made out of wood.
You name it & they do it 1st class. I was particularly impressed with the
windows which we see throughout Switzerland. The woodworking machinery is
also high tech with a wide assortment of different equipment.
Now we drive back to the apt, pick up Myrta & drive over to the Stoll barn
where Myrta & Rene open the remaining wedding gifts that are still on the
decorated farm trailer. This process takes about an hour...and we are
lucky to be witness to all the fine gifts they are opening from their many
friends.
Back to the apt where Oskar & Thomas join us for an appetizer with white
wine, then dinner: Steaks, noodles with mushrooms and red wine. We have
some good talk late into the evening & nighttime.
Lights out: 1:26 am
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