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The Wednesday evening training session isn’t in the gym, but outdoors in a lovely park near my house. I biked there, because I can, and as I was a bit early I did a few loop-di-loops around the park pathways. As it drew closer to the appointed time, I parked my bike near the usualContinue reading “Life in the time of Corona – Captain’s log: Day 170”

1 September is spring day in South Africa, and in my mind I will always think of wearing civvies to school and wishing it was warmer.. The name at least was appropriate, as I had to spring into action. Seemingly the whole world and their dog was looking for me! That is what it feltContinue reading “Life in the time of Corona – Captains log: Day 169”

On my last morning in Switzerland the sun came out to show us what we missed on the previous 3 days. What a glorious morning for a coffee and a croissant and a stroll through they old town. The sky is bluer than blue and makes the perfect frame for the churches and ancient buildingsContinue reading “Life in the time of Corona – Captains log: Day 168”

Some days we make plans. And when it rains we make new plans. The original plan was to visit a hillside in the mountains, and there was also a talk of the longest tramline in Switzerland (possibly in more places) and visiting a monastery, but then it rained. Instead we went to get a coffeeContinue reading “Life in the time of Corona – Captain’s log: Day 167”

It’s not every day I get to visit 3 countries in one day, and by foot no less. However, this was such a day. The weather was a bit rainy but we braved it, strengthened with a cup of good coffee, an umbrella and an adventurous spirit. On the bank of the Rhine there isContinue reading “Life in the time of Corona – Captain’s log:Day 166”

I didn’t know much about Basel, other than the fact that it’s in Switzerland and Simone lives there. It would seem there is a lot to see and do about Basel! We started with a walk through the old city gate into the old town. The buildings and streets are satisfyingly beautiful with gorgeous buildingsContinue reading “Life in the time of Corona – Captain’s log: Day 165”

As a kid I always wanted to travel to Switzerland (perhaps Heidi had an influence on this). Later I also dreamt about traveling by train across Europe. Seeing different countries. I have been lucky enough to see a town in Switzerland as part of a Contiki tour in 2008, and I have had a fewContinue reading “Life in the time of Corona – Captain’s log: Day 164”

So the good thing about group exercise classes, is that once I have booked I would go, without listening to the entire monologue trying to convince me to stay at home. This week storm Francis landed in the Netherlands and throughout the night there was enough wind and rain to be sure it was aContinue reading “Life in the time of Corona – Captain’s log: Day 163”

The day finally arrived – today I start with my lingerie making course. I love getting my creative side going and even more so when I can learn something new and work with pretty things on top of that. When I signed up for the course I received a list of supplies to get, andContinue reading “Life in the time of Corona – Captain’s log: Day 162”

Every so often I challenge myself to try and get through the week without buying groceries, except perhaps fresh fruit and milk. This gives me a change to use up those ingredients that I’ve been meaning to use but never get around to, or to finish off the last bits of this or that. DidContinue reading “Life in the time of Corona – Captain’s log: Day 161”