3rd June, 2016

Staying with Malinee and Manfred is always a joy – great food, wonderful company, a few glasses of something nice and good chat. Starting with a late brunch we pottered about until it was time to head off for a little walk by the lake.

This was the precursor to one of the more unusual primary school co-curricular, end-of-term activities I have ever witnessed – a whole year group had access to a circus for a week! They learned about tightrope walking, lassoing, juggling, tumbling, plate spinning, horse riding, dove arranging and all sorts of other fun activities. Now, I thought it would be a few kids performing on a stage, but no, they actually had a circus tent in the grounds. We were there courtesy of Manfred and Malinee’s twin grandsons, who were performing. Really impressive!

It was then coffee and cake at Christian (their son) and Christina’s before heading home for a fabulous cheese fondue. Apparently you HAVE to drink white wine to help with the digestion of the cheese! I am not sure where the pear schnapps comes into it, but all most enjoyable – and many, many thanks to our lovely hosts!

Next stop Austria (via Switzerland)!!