Monday 20th September 2004

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Awake 7:00 am Foggy

Myrta & Rene sleep longer. Both Saturday & Sunday were very busy days for
them. We eat breakfast together...The Swiss menu.

Rene asks me if I would drive the VW Golf today...I gladly accept. First
thing on our list is for us to visit the local train station & arrange
travel from Andelfingen to Florence, Italy(sleeper car), then back to
Zurich
mainstation(sleeper car), then to Kloten airport station. We pay by credit
card. This will be our trip to visit with Katrina for 4 days begining
Thursday evening.

Then we start touring with the new Mr & Mrs Zuercher. WOW! Are we lucky or
what? Only a few miles away from Andelfingen, we turn off the main highway
& drive slowly by the Schloss Golden Berg Castle, Vineyard & Golf course.
It's a beautiful layout. We don't stop because there are other places to
see & things to do. Then I am instructed to follow the backroads to the
Kloten Airport area. Myrta shows us the Jet Aviation building where she
has been working for about 12 yrs now..then we park & enter the terminal
building. Since Myrta works at Jet Aviation, she is able get us thru
security & into the newly opened terminal wing with all the new duty free
shops. As we stroll along, there is a Sprungli candy shop. I offer to buy
a box(Rene's favorite) for the newly weds...and they accept. Next we stop
at a Lindt Candy Store(my favorite)and they are offering free samples...we
linger in this store for quite awhile...& I do buy 4 of my dark chocolate
70% cocoa bars. This new terminal at the Kloten airport is very modern,
well lit, strongly built with comfortable seating & Internet access ports.
Big Euros.

From the Kloten airport, with Rene at the wheel now in rush hr traffic, we
drive maybe 40 min to visit Briggitte or GiGi(Myrta's sister) & her
husband Gabriel & kids David & Nicole. Gigi married well. Gabriel is a
nice guy, a good father with a keen sense of humor & a fine wine
connoisseur. He neither advertises nor shows people his coveted wine
cellar...but with Rene's influence, he makes an exception. We were amazed.
My guess is over 3000 bottles of some very collectable wines. Many still
in their shipping crates.

First white wine with an appetizer, then red with dinner. What a meal...it
was Swiss & delicious. The evening goes by quickly so it was another great
visit with some great people. Lights out: 1:00 am

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