Hello all.
Woke up this morning to snow everywhere, overnight there'd been about 40cm of snow, it was pretty amazing. Last night Daniel and I went to the blindkau resteraunt, this is a resteraunt with a difference; you eat in the dark and by dark I mean pitch black, you could not see your hand in front of your face. The two interesting people we sat next to were Susan and Albert. Susan was a 65 year old ex musician and im pretty sure in her own mind 25 years old. While Albert was a music director, 40 years old and thankfully for us had excellent english and was our translator for the night.
Eating in the dark was interesting - we soon realised that forks were useless (hard to pick anything up when you cant see it) but the useful part about being in the dark is that noone can see how bad your table manners are, and I can now claim to have eaten steak with my bare hands, and it was good (sorry mum). After dinner there was a concert, and I can tell you sitting in a pitch black room while music is being played when you don't know where you are and can't understand the language makes for a surreal experiance. The waiters (who were all blind) were very impressive, thou having to ask to go to the toliet did make me feel like I was in prep again.
Zurich is very pretty - not lacking in attractions and is very expensive (when I get back to Australia i'm never complaining about the price of food again).
At the moment its taking most of my self retraint not to start a massive snow fight, as it would be very cold. The snow is amazing, I now know the true meaning of powder. It's sad that I'll probably never see snow like this in Australia.
Apologies from Daniel, the computers we're using don't let us upload our photos, so you'll just have to wait until Brussells.
Hope you're all well.
Michael
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Dear Michael and Daniel,
It isn't going to be a white Christmas here although as we drove back from Canberra, where in a day and a half we read a number of Maloney letters, saw a Degas exhibition and the new National Portrait Gallery, we were suddenly hit by a huge thunderstorm which had been looming over us for miles. The enormous drops of rain morphed into hail stones the size of golf balls
( that's my version, Ralph insists they weren't that big and the car was not dinted) and they pounded the car and crashed into the windscreen. It was very scary.
I've heard about both the catacombs and the dining in the dark but have never tried either but May Lam was very moved by the dining experience. Three trams and a tram seems a lot to have to negotiate but nothing seems to faze you two.
It is very good to hear from you regularly and we won't criticise Mike's spelling until he has learned to use chopsticks.
Looking forward to the next post.
Love Judy and Cheers Ralph
Oh, hate to disappoint boys but you needn't have gone halfway round the world for the blind dining experience. I'm pretty sure there's one in St Kilda somewhere that I was told of at some point... hehe.
Love the updates.
And I noted that your spelling has MASSIVELY improved upon this update, Biddo. :)
Dear Michael and Daniel
I'm not going to comment on the grammar and expression. Well perhaps a little bit. It was most impressive. Entertaining and engaging both in language and rhythm. We are well and by now you will know Jane. The restaurant sounds bizarre but very it does give your a new perspective on life. I might have to try playing golf with my eyes shut. Love the blog and the holidays. - Peter and Kerry
Dear Michael and Daniel,
I think I need to check Peter's spelling and grammar!
Jane has been moved to Cabrini, which is a lovely hospice just across from Coll's house, so will make visiting easier.
Jane drifts in and out of consciousness and we are not sure how much she is comprehending, so we have assumed she can understand most things and include her in our conversations. She gave me a brief smile yesterday, when I said hello to her.
Enjoy your White Christmas and have your snow fight when you know you can dry off soon afterwards.
Much love,
Kerry (mum)
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