Tuesday, March 15,
1983
At 19:00, Marsha
C, Sylvia W and I walked in the rain down to the Sonnhalde bus stop on
Schützengasse to catch the #53 bus to Vingelz. We got off at the bus
turn-around and walked along the lake to the Gottstatterhaus Restaurant at Neuenburgstrasse
18. There was a fish tank near the door as we entered. We went through the bar
to the dining room where there was a big fish on a platter under cellophane.
Startling! We sat next to the window with a view of the highway in the
darkness. Sylvia asked if they had Teller/plates as well as portions,
which they did. They had a choice of Eglifilet/perch or Fera, another
local fish. We opted for the Fera. We started with salads, green with a pile of
corn kernels in the center for Marsha and Sylvia, and Nüsslissalat with
a wedge of boiled egg for me. Sylvia ordered a bottle of Twanner wine that was
strong enough to make her and Marsha dizzy! I only had a few sips. We each
received three fish filets, lightly breaded and fried in lots of butter, with
boiled potatoes. We decided to splurge for dessert, and Sylvia had two scoops
of ice cream (chocolate and apple). Marsha and I shared a Coupe Glacée Meringue, sugar meringues with a scoop
of vanilla ice cream topped with whipped cream. Pretty good! Below us we could
hear the thump, bumpity-bump of the bowling alley. It wasn’t busy and soon only
a couple who sat and talked with the chef and waitress were left. We left to
catch the 21:40 bus, and were home by 22:00.
Otherwise, Marsha and I have been trying to diet and exercise to get
ready for the Côte d'Azur trip. We do sit-ups
nearly every night, counting to 100 in different languages! Some nights we do
exercises to music.
Thursday, March 17, 1983
Happy St Patrick’s Day! Marsha Cotter and I were the only ones in the
hospital to wear green today! Of course, we may be the only ones to have some
Irish in us!
Friday, March 18, 1983
After
work I went jogging, then showered and met Elisabeth J at 18:00 to go to the Tagesheim/Boarding
School where they were having a sort of open house. In the upstairs lobby,
there were a few tables with knitted and woven items for sale, plus a large
aquarium. In the next open area there were tables and chairs, and to the sides
were counters with sandwiches, pastries, breads, and coffee, very crowded! The
area with the central fireplace and tiered levels all around was where they were
roasting bratwurst and cervelats/hot dog-looking sausages, while someone played
a harmonica. We checked out a couple classrooms that were small but colorful
with artwork and batik on the walls. The desks were artfully arranged with
pottery, knitted and woven items, and embroidered items arranged with “natural”
little bouquets of flowers. We went downstairs to look for Hetty D’s therapy
room, and found the speech room, secretary’s office, and the kindergarten
classroom. The teacher told us where to find Hetty’s room back upstairs. We
found it, but not Hetty. Her therapy room had a massage table, an overhead
suspension unit, a few therapy rolls and balance boards, and balls. Soon Hetty
came bouncing in, and she took us to see the weaving room, with a side room for
spinning and carding wool, and a place to dye the wool with natural plants that
hanging on the walls to dry. The colors of wool were marvelous. They had at
least ten looms of several types and the quality of work on the looms was very
good! We went to the woodworking room where one wall was covered with tools,
and examples of the woodwork were displayed all around. The display seemed
almost professionally done with sprays of flowers scattered about. Another
workroom had copper ladles, steel knives, and leather sandals that the kids
hammer out on large anvils. Other classrooms displayed baskets woven from vines
that we see outside, a mini-vegetable stand with the produce made out of
pottery, and a burlap house on a wall with leftover scraps of things used to
furnish it. Also collections of nuts, seeds, and mushrooms; handmade dolls, and
crude magnets. The knitting room had all sorts of samples on display. I was
most impressed! The music room and swimming pool were closed. I left about
19:30 and Elisabeth stayed to have coffee with Hetty.
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