Awake 8:25 am Light rain early morning
Casual morning for us. A light breakfast is suggested because Myrta will
be serving a special lunch. And..lunch it is: Smoked trout with bread &
cheese. It was very good.
Early afternoon we take a car ride with Myrta & Rene across the border to
Germany(only 25 min from the Oskar farm). We have to ask to have our
passports stamped " Lottstetten " for authentication. A few miles down the
road, a turn here & there & we are back into Swiss country again. We drive
to Oserfingen, an old & small town where Oskar's grandfather & father
lived until 1918...then they moved to Andelfingen for the more fertile
land of farming. As we passed through this town, we saw the Stoll name on
several building. Fascinating!
We continue our countryside touring & stop in Newhausen to buy a small pie
with jam for later. Next stop: Rheinfall, where the car is parked & we
walk to watch the widest water falls in all of Europe. Some unknown person
to us takes our picture in front of the falls.
And then...we drive a few more miles to the town of Teuscher where we
visit Ruth Maugweiler, meet some of her children, have some coffee & a
snack & take a tour of her (2 year old) home. First though, we watch as
she makes coffee for us on her " Less Cafe " coffee maker using very small
containers of coffee. As the lid closes, it punctures the small container
on top & on the bottom & the hot water passes through to the cup. The
small containers are color coded for strong, medium, or light. The unit is
very compact & unique. It would be an ideal unit for our motorhome except
for getting those small containers of coffee. We haven't seen this " Less
Cafe " unit in the states yet.
Their 3 story home has a nice view of the rolling countryside & is a very
functional & well built home. They have 3 boys: Severin, Pascal & Claudio.
We have some homemade pastries & some of our pie with jam pastry from our
Newhausen stop. The town of Oerlingen & the Woodshop business of
Maugweiler is only a few miles down the road from their home. It was a
nice visit. Ruth has been a close friend of Myrta's since elementary
school.
Next we stop @ a small RV sales building. They sell the van conversion
motorhomes off the lot but inside the building, they are converting a
large 4 wheel safari vehicle as an expedition unit. We didn't go inside to
check any further.
Next stop: A cord & string manufacturing factory. A very old & well
established business. We only visit the small sales store & look around.
Kathy & Rene both make small purchases. The factory itself was closed
because of the late hour.
Back to the apt @ 5:40 pm. Myrta makes a cheese fondue dinner. Thomas &
Oskar join us. We dip the bread bites first into a small container of
Kirsch liquor, then dip the bread bite into the large bowl of melted
cheese. It really made a tasty difference & we ate more than we thought we
would. Again, we easily find many things to talk about late into the
evening.
Lights out: 12:10 am
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