The boys are very happy playing with their new Star Wars Lego, over the moon to have been able to watch lots of European Championship soccer and love their new made friendships with my friends children. Fortunately most kids are in the same age group and they play very well together. The boys speak more and more swiss german even though all the swiss kids learn english from year 3! So lots of english/swiss german conversations.
Here a few pages out of Luke's diary:
Wednesday, 27th June
Today we went to the lake of Constance. We went to a museum at the old wheat-house which was the old wheat production place. At the start there was a place about how the ancient swiss people used to live. We tried to find things in sand that they would have used, like a deer horn which they used as a hammer or a stick to start a fire. We also got to try to use a bow and arrow. Opi and mum got a bulls eye. In another room you got to try to write with feather, it was really hard, but a great experience. After we went to my uncles parents. My uncles dad had his birthday today, so we had citron (lemon) cake. It was really yummy. We had a swim at a pool they had there. It was a really hot day so we were very lucky.
Thursday, 28th June
Last night we watched the semi final Portugal vs Spain. Portugal have never lost a penalty shoot out but Spain won 4:2 in penalty shoot out! Today we went to the pirate shop pool we went too last time we came. We played on the pirate ship. I hit Dylan a lot with the water cannon. We also went on the diving board, I did a cannon ball and a forward flip. We got an Ice cream, I had strawberry & vanilla. After we played again. Out the back of the pirate ship there was a slide. We got dressed and biked back home. Dylan and I played some soccer, then we watched some TV. Later mum left to got to Bernadette's house for tea and she was sleeping there. We watched Tim and Struppi (Tintin in german), then we had dessert and went to bed.
Monday, 2nd July
On Friday we went on 6 x trains and I x bus. Some of the trains were called: Appenzeller Bahnen, SBB, Intercity etc. The bus was called Rheintal Autobus. One of the trains went to the lake of Constance. Opi, Grossmami, Dylan & I got a hot dog, then we walked to another train station. We went in a carriage that was open. It was really hot so we were lucky. We went in a train that was really noisy. On Saturday Luca & Dario came. We went swimming and did a water fight with their water guns. When we got home we did another water fight, then mum went with them home because she was having tea with Petra. At 10:00 at night mum had to go to hospital with the Ambulance. On Sunday night it was the final Spain vs Italy in the Euro 2012. Spain won 4:0. Silva scored the first goal.
Friday, 6th July
On Wednesday we drove to Zürich. We stopped at Petra's house and played a bit with the boys when they got back from school. Then we went to my Gotti's (godmother) house. We played inside a bit. Joshua had tonne's of CD's that he got from his Götti (godfather) when he died. After we went and played soccer with Joshua and Dominic's friends. We were split into three different groups, then we would vs another team and then the winning team would vs the other team. Next we did a water fight with the water guns. We got soaked. We had tea, then we played Fifa 12. Dylan and Dominic were England and Joshua and I were Portugal. We won both games in penalty shoot outs. On Thursday at lunch we went to get my present, then in the afternoon we went to the Mohrenkopf factory. We saw how they got made. First cream was put on a waffle in the shape of a Mohrenkopf. Then the chocolate was put over the Mohrenkopf, then it got cooled at 17 degrees for about 2 minutes. Then a machine wrapped the Mohrenkopf and a lady put them in boxes, we got to try a Mohrenkopf. They were yummy!!
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