On May 8th, Christy and Dale were in Fribourg... [Christy is known to me as Susan's (my neighbor's) mother and known to Kacey as Henry's grandmama (Henry is Kacey's boyfriend and neighbor back in Atlanta). Christy and Dale have lived in Lithuania this past year, but we spent the month of March with her in Atlanta because she came for Henry's little brother Charlie's birth.] But, back to the real story here, they had some time between Dale's teaching schedule to travel around Europe. And, they chose Fribourg as one of their many stops just because WE were here...very flattering! We didn't have any furniture when they were here, so they stayed in a hotel, but I still consider them our first visitors because the came over for dinner and helped us break in our raclette machine. Kacey and I also spent our first tour of Fribourg with them ... and they were around when I first realized that Fribourg is a really neat city (we live in the 'suburbs', so I hadn't really learned much about Fribourg until they arrived and took me along with them on that tour). It was fun as always with Christy and Dale's job makes both me and Dave want to get our PhD's and be professors :-) .
Last week, May 19th, Robert, Jeanne-Marie, Maureen and Eric spent the week with. (Eric was known to Kacey all week as "the guy.") It was nice to have good friends living in our place and helping us settle in ... I was very sad to see them go. They arrived on a Saturday, May 19 and just spent time here walking around in Villars-sur-Glane, napping, recovering from travel. Sunday, Dave took them on a kid-free and pregnant-woman-free hike. Monday, we all went to Montreau and I took my second tour of Chateau Chillon with them. Tuesday, they went to Luzern on their own. Wednesday, Kacey and I hung out in Fribourg with them and went to the market...they went to the Botanical Gardens in the afternoon and found some nice walking paths from there back to our house. Thursday, we all went to Interlocken, Grindenwald, and took a great hike (together, but on seperate routes) from First to Grindenwald... beautiful ... and worth the sore muscles for me. Friday, we all just lounged around. And Saturday, they went to the train station for a ride to Avignon, France where they will bike tour for the next week. Their visit was very productive for us...I now know how to use my washer, dryer and oven for the most part. We have a way to make coffee and cut bread. And, dinners were much more tasty and creative, and the kitchen was much cleaner than normal all week. So, I'm hoping they will come back often! (And I'll get more pictures of them next time, too!)
Unfortunately, our next guests, my parents who were arriving on Sunday, May 27th, have had to cancel their trip because my grandfather has been sick. But he's now much better and in rehab and will hopefully be back home soon. So, I hope mom and dad can come over sometime really soon.
Dave leaves town tomorrow...which is sad. He makes a quick overnight stop in Atlanta, then spends all of the weekend and next week in Arizona. It's an important work project and we hope that all goes well with it. When he returns, he packs up the same day to leave for an overnight work trip to Italy. So, we won't see him a lot for almost 2 weeks. Sometime during those 2 weeks, Neal and Amy are supposed to arrive... and that will be a treat.
