Switzerland: Breaking out is hard to do
Except for the breaking out in hives part, Switzerland has been good. We stayed last night in a small hostel near Thun. The countryside here is gorgeous: mountains, lakes, rivers, and castles appear around every turn of the Autobahn, and the view from the highway is simply breathtaking.
We are singing tonight in Geneva, but I am actually in France right now. We're staying in a hotel in the next town over. Tomorrow we leave for nearby Lyon, and from there it's on to England.
It has been very difficult to type this message, as the French have rearranged their keyboards. They did this in Germany as well, but France has done it with much more flair. Here's an example sentence, typed as though I were on an English keyboard:
The auick brozn fox ju,ped over the lqwy dog:
That may not seem like a big difference, but it is when you're used to typing quickly!
Coming up: O Frabjous day! Caloo! Calais!*
*that is, we're going to Calais. There is not a holiday called Frabjous day. It's a slightly obscure poetry reference. Whoever correctly identifies the poem and poet gets a cookie.**
**Chocolate chip, of course.
We are singing tonight in Geneva, but I am actually in France right now. We're staying in a hotel in the next town over. Tomorrow we leave for nearby Lyon, and from there it's on to England.
It has been very difficult to type this message, as the French have rearranged their keyboards. They did this in Germany as well, but France has done it with much more flair. Here's an example sentence, typed as though I were on an English keyboard:
The auick brozn fox ju,ped over the lqwy dog:
That may not seem like a big difference, but it is when you're used to typing quickly!
Coming up: O Frabjous day! Caloo! Calais!*
*that is, we're going to Calais. There is not a holiday called Frabjous day. It's a slightly obscure poetry reference. Whoever correctly identifies the poem and poet gets a cookie.**
**Chocolate chip, of course.
posted by Allen J P at
08:36
2 Comments:
Hi,
I don't have to play your silly poetry games, Nhu will make me cookies and all I have to do is say that Jacqueline wants a cookie.
From Big Daddy you learn that scratching spreads rashes...but from experience scratching feels better than not scratching.
I hope you don't have to stay in France too much...I hear that their cowardice rubs off on you. i would hate to be watching you play Halo then have the french curse come over you and you runaway and hide in a corner of the map. That is unless you are playing me then I wouldn't mind to much.
When Chuck Norris was denied an Egg McMuffin at McDonald's because it was 10:35, he roundhouse kicked the store so hard it became a Wendy's.
By
jrprice66, at 7/6/06 09:28
I just wanted to say Hi and hope your rash is better. Sometimes you just break out and never find out why. All is well at home and we miss you. I will make the cookies for you to give one to the winner of the poetry contest. Have fun and be safe.
By
Your Mother, at 7/6/06 11:59
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