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Checking Out Berne

We’ve been busy these last two days. Busy, because we’re getting ready for the next adventure – another two-day Alpine hike in Switzerland. Exciting? Yes, but it means that we’ve spent hours today and yesterday to check out places and trails that would make a good hike. Aside from that, however, we also had a chance to check out Berne, and we had fun eating a Swiss-German chocolate fondue (the equipment was Swiss, the chocolate – how sad is that – was German)!   Berne:              

Moving On – Or the Worst Packed Car Ever

My week of school is over, which means it’s time to move on – yet once more. (Didn’t I tell you earlier that I’m living by weekly increments this summer?) Well, and this time, it’s taking us across the border to Berne. So, of course, whenever you move from one place to another, your stuff also has to move. Quite logical, isn’t it? What wasn’t quite that logical to me was the way my friend and travel mate thought would be the feasible way to pack the car. Well, yes! I admit it! I do have a lot of stuff that needs packing and moving (not all of what you see in the car is mine). But with just a little effort, it’ll all fit smugly into the lower half of the trunk, and so we safely made it across the border, without getting stopped for the worst packed car ever, or whichever other reasons Swiss-German border officers might find to put us into trouble! Yay for that!

School’s Out

School’s out. At least the part of sitting in class, and listening to the teacher is over. The homework and self-study part still is far from being completed, but today it was time to say good-bye to all my classmates and my teacher, something which makes me sad and glad. Sad, because this season of my life is over. Glad, because I’m more than ready to move on to other things. For now, however, I’m saying good-bye to all my new and old friends, and wish them well!

Bananula Giantulus

I’d like to introduce to you a new species: bananula giantulus – a sort of banana one of the people at school showed up with today. Note the huge dimensions of this very long-fingered cluster has. Indeed, I’d say that some bananas went banana here!

Learning How to Learn

My bouquet of experiences is continuing. This week that means I’m back in school! One more week of learning, and what’s exciting about it is that we’re learning about how to learn! Well, good to know that, since I’m nearing the end of my current academic endeavors. I’m glad I’m not missing out on this essential piece of knowledge. And as we learn, we also learn about excellent pieces of art. Such as the one that was at the center of our learning today. Well, then, on to learning new things once more!

The Ant War Zone

Check this out: This is little Professor Nephew trying to conduct research and see how a bunch of small little field ants get along with one representer of the larger species of their kind (they actually don’t, he found out). If we do a little recap, you may remember that a couple weeks back a friend of mine got an ant working place as a present from someone else. Back then I was fascinated immediately and pretty soon thereafter thought an ant working place such as this would make a pretty perfect present for young Professor Nephew. And indeed, I don’t regret having given him this present. Though I do regret (an antsy little bit) that he decided to put two different kinds of ant people in there, because with all the biting on each other’s legs and such I wonder how many of the ants are actually going to survive this night … I guess Professor Nephew’s research results will tell him in the morning!

The Lucky Ones

My sister took me to a lady’s night tonight, and it seems to me that we were rather lucky people. Not only were we treated as VIP for the simple fact that my sister provided part of the stage decoration, no we actually were really lucky. You see, it was actually a really hot and summery day. Too hot for the ice cream vendor, indeed, because the ice cream was melting, and shortly after we’d gotten our share of the delicious treat they had to close everything and stop selling. So, yes, I consider it great luck that we were some of the few people who – on a hot day – were able to get something fresh and cool!

People Like Sandy

Look who I found on my bed today. This lady’s called Sandy. And it’s not like I invited her onto my bed. But I guess it’s the nature of people like Sandy – they usually don’t care much about what other people think. They usually do what they want to do when they want to do it. And I guess, we real people have to learn to take these furry people the way they are – if we want to keep our lives as peaceful and quiet as they can.

Backyard Buzz

 Something was buzzing today. In the backyard. And nope. It wasn’t the busy bees that were busying around. It also weren’t antsy ants that made all the buzz. No, it actually was my sister and her husband (and me, too, for that matter, and the kids, of course) who were making a lot of ado about nothing, or well, maybe not really nothing, just a whole lot of dirt. Because my sister and her people had decided that it was about time to turn the entire side of the backyard upside down, because they want a new landscape around their home. Quite the buzz around home, I’m telling you!