The beat goes on...

The beautiful valley of Pfyn!

Well, it's been a couple days since I posted last. I haven't been in the lab for a while and that's where my only Internet access is. So here's a quick recap of the past few days.

UPDATE on the crashing ceiling in the lab: It wasn't too bad; only a few slats came down and it was fixed straight away. Turns out it was from some only water damage.

Saturday was spent strolling in the morning and then driving to Austria with Wilf to walk with a guy about IDFB stuff. After we got home we spent a lovely evening cleaning and re-arranging Max and Suoma's garage! Sometimes it feels like I never left Salt Lake. O ya, and we moved a table down the sidewalks on wheels because it wouldn't fit into the back to Max's car.

The streets (aka strasse) of Pfyn.


Alp Horn. Come on... I am in Switzerland!

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So, on Sunday I went to church at the Frauenfeld branch. Fortunately there were some missionaries (from Utah of course) who translated the meetings for me. After that I had lunch at one of the families homes. After lunch we went to Santis, a mountain either in the Alps or very close, I never could get to the bottom of that. The view was spectacular!! I can't believe how amazing the landscape is up there.

Looking at the summit (2500 m) of Santis as seen from the gondola.

Monday Wilford, Max and I travelled to Plohingen, Germany to visit with an old down and feather machinery veteran. We spent a few hours talking and, of course eating. From there Wilf took a train back to Frauenfeld because he had to catch his flight home the next day (which due to daylight savings time being early this year he missed his flight). Max and I then continued north to Julich, Germany (about 2 hours north of Frankfurt). Here we spent the night and toured an isotope lab the next day.

On the way home from that trip we got a call from the ill-fated traveller, Wilf. He wanted us to take a small detour and visit another down/feather manufacturer who was upset with some results. That made for another very long day. Not to mention the man smoked like a chimney (he enjoyed 3 cigars during our 2.5 hour meeting; I did not). After removing to fresh outside air we continued our journey back to the apartment. But since Wilf was still in town there was more work to be done and I didn't get to bed until after 2 a.m.

Today is a calmer day. I slept in until about 10 and enjoyed a leisurely morning followed by a large Swiss lunch. They sure do feed you a lot over here. I'm working in the lab today and maybe a bit tomorrow.

On Thursday night I'll be travelling to Paris for a little vacation from the vacation as it were. I will be there probably until Sunday after which I will fly home Monday. This may be my last post since I may not get back to the lab and have free time to post but not to worry every thing's great and I'll see you all in a few days.

Peace out.

-B
"Rocket Man"