26 June, 2007

Kandern and a nap

Day 2, London-Basel/Basle-Kandern. 7th June

As Erik paused to reflect before bed, the events of he day washed over him.
He had started this day at Midnight in Heathrow, where the airport essentially shuts down at 10. Not feeling tired, he journaled, played Su Doko, and read Dickens all night. At 6 he checked in, and at 7.30 parted ways with his Father, who had slept somewhat feverishly due to the tetanus shot, fresh and painful.

There being thirty minutes or so before boarding call, he rested his legs next to a BBC-playing TV, which was discussing Recycling measures. On the flight over, he read the complimentary Times, covering some issues like housing costs and sports. Arrival at BSL was very low key, although the high humidity mad the trenchcoat unnecessary as he exited into Switzerland and the care of the Ludingtons.
An impromptu tour of French villages nearby while on a milk hunt showed exactly how little French was known by the four Ludingtons present, to say nothing of Erik, as the words for Milk (lait) and Supermarket (Hyper-Marché) proved exceedingly elusive to our heroes. Returning to Kandern was (after succesfuly locating milk, cheese, and other essentials-sweets), however, the work of a moment.
At Kandern, he met at long last with Shannon, and took a nap. Waking up and feeling a new kind of tired, he was whisked off to the awards ceremony where he met the Willsons, with whom he would be staying for the week. It had begun raining heavily at this point, even with lightning and thunder in the distance, so the stream flowing past BFA (Black Forest Academy) was swollen with a torrent of muddy water.
The Willsons are, on the whole, an amiable lot. Conversation with Susan, the BFA senior, Erik found much common ground, so that an hour at least was spent in engrossing and humorous conversation before bedtime was announced, and Erik repaired to the guest room.
A candid photo

The Awards Ceremony at BFA

The stream quite full of rain-water

A Framework house in Kandern, Germany

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Yay! Pictures! I like the candid shot especially.