Somewhere, somehow, I lost a couple of days...

Some new neighbors moved in next door and they kept me up all night.  

No, it wasn't a party with loud rock and roll and raucous laughter that I was left out of.  Wish it was that.  These neighbors moved in around dusk, right when the downpour arrived.  The rain didn't bother them at all.  Well, maybe it made them a little more stinky.  

Nothing has a scent like wet wool.  Maybe even more so when the wool is still on the hide of the sheep. My new neighbors were 8 sheep.  I didn't get close enough to check and see if that home grown still attached wool was stinky or not.  I assumed.  :)

And the cute little tinkling that came with the storm was not a sweet little wind chime as I originally thought.  It was the bells around their necks!  I did not call the cops to ask them to shut down their party because I did not know living beings were involved. I just thought it was the wind.  In the morning after I had not slept all night, I went to see who the wind chime belonged to so I could mention it to my landlord.

Sheep.  Right outside my bedroom window.  Loud clanging all night.  It never stopped.

Well, I take that back.  It did stop in the morning.  The sheep wandered off to a different place to munch the grass. 

Much of the day was taken up with catching up on sleep.  I didn't have to count sheep.  I was quite tired and slept soundly.


A night of adventure right in my own kitchen

One of the reasons I sought an apartment to stay in was so I could conserve on finances.  Eating out every night can be quite expensive.  And in CH, it can be a vacation-ender.  CH is one of the most expensive counties to visit.  Four of its cities are in the top ten of the whole world for high cost of living.

I had purchased a bevy of fruit and made a lovely fruit salad.  It went well with my sauteed mushrooms, home fried potatoes, and fluffy cheese (3 varieties mixed together) omelet.  With no microwave, no oven and only two burners on the stove, I made a pretty decent meal in my miniature kitchen.

And I had a lovely chocolate mousse confection which I purchased to end the meal.  Yum!  I was pretty impressed with myself.  :)

The next day must have been a combination of jet lag and sheep bells clanging

I slept way too late in the day.  It was noon before my eyes opened.  Since my day was half over, I decided to spend it catching up on my chores.  Like laundry.  The landlord came and gave me a key to the place where the laundry is done.  She showed me the washer and how to use it. (I messed up and there is some residual soap grains left in there, but I couldn't figure out how to get them out.  Shhh, don't tell.)  There was also a jar for me to place my 2 SwF coin.  

When I asked where the dryer was, the landlord looked at me funny.  "Didn't you see the rack on your balcony?"   I had, and I had also seen many Swiss houses from my sky ride gondola where clothes were hanging out on the line.  I thought at that time, "Hmm...the Swiss must really like the freshness of air-dried clothing."  I thought that the clothesline was a preference.  The "preference" is whether you want your clothes dried or not.  lol



One last lesson I'll leave you with for tonight

I learned that if you leave your screen door open, the Swiss flies will take it as an invitation to come right in.  They are all large flies.  There are no small ones.  And, one bit me on my back.  So I got the fly swatter which was hanging on the wall (now I know why) and took back control of my Swiss chalet.

As ever, my evening ended with a lovely bite or two of my chocolate bar....  Adieu!