{"id":358,"date":"2012-10-28T10:29:41","date_gmt":"2012-10-28T09:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joncu.roguenet.org\/swissblog\/?p=358"},"modified":"2021-09-21T22:48:36","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T22:48:36","slug":"party-week-first-snow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jmcw.blog\/swissblog\/2012\/10\/28\/party-week-first-snow\/","title":{"rendered":"Party Week-First Snow"},"content":{"rendered":"

3 parties this week:\u00a0 I guess we are making friends.\u00a0 Last Sunday to celebrate a co-worker\u2019s birthday, we were invited to an \u201cAp\u00e9ro\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0 This was a new word for us, from French, meaning \u201caperitif\u201d.\u00a0 It was like a 1950\u2019s cocktail party: snacks and drinks, plus a carrot cake for the B\u2019day.\u00a0 Jon had to arrive late due to a Sunday rehearsal, so I had a chance to listen in on some German conversation.\u00a0 As it was Swiss German, I only caught a few words.<\/p>\n

Next, we gave a dinner party Wednesday to spotlight Jon\u2019s orange wine.\u00a0 Another Autodesk employee had been in the USA and stayed a month at our house, so we asked him to bring back a bottle.\u00a0 The dinner received many compliments and everyone was gracious about the wine-tasting.<\/p>\n

Last night was the 2nd<\/sup> of Jon\u2019s performances in Bern singing the Durufle Requiem at the French church.<\/p>\n

\"French<\/a>

The French Church in Bern<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Jon<\/a>

Jon in rehearsal<\/p><\/div>\n

Afterwards, a group of\u00a0the singers\u00a0headed out for wine and pizza in B\u00e4renplatz.\u00a0 The conversation at our end of the table was nearly all in English, but it was still a pleasure to hang out with a few locals.\u00a0 It had started snowing in the afternoon and when we left the restaurant, we were surprised to see snow had started to collect.\u00a0 By the time we were walking home from the tram, it was deepening on some bushes.<\/p>\n

\"Barenplatz<\/a>

Snow-covered palms in Barenplatz<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Jon<\/a>

Jon in our first Swiss snow<\/p><\/div>\n

More surprise today as it has continued coming down, soft and wet and fluffy, all day.\u00a0 We couldn\u2019t resist heading up into our forest, a fairyland of drooping snow-laden branches.<\/p>\n

\"First<\/a>

View from our balcony<\/p><\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"MC<\/a>

MC in our fairyland forest<\/p><\/div>\n

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