NEW CAR!

Here's the new car that I've been blogging about. Love the Swiss and their trusting nature with regard to paying for things. How do you pay for a brand new car costing quite a lot of money here?

They gave us their Bank details (IBAN etc) and say, "transfer the money next week please"!

Just have to decide where to drive to tomorrow....

Car to Arrive Much, Much Earlier than Expected!!

Two weeks ago I blogged that we had finally decided to take the plunge and order a brand new car here in Switzerland. At the time the dealer had said that it could take up to 2-3 months for it to arrive unfortunately. He then rang us last week to explain that the delivery would be much earlier and the car would be here by week 7 (week beg Feb 14th). Well much to our amazement the showroom rang today to say it will be ready at the weekend!!!

Just need to sort out the details with the very helpful insurance brokers at NVC.

BBC just better than Sport1 (only just!)

Tonight I watched the BBC coverage of out game versus Ipswich in the second leg of the Carling Cup Semi Final and I know they have to support the underdogs to some extent but like the ITV coverage of the game versus Leeds last week it was ridiculous. How Mark Bright gets a job as a summariser (especially of an Arsenal game as he is still bitter about 1993) is beyond me. Anyway we won and we await Birmingham or West Ham in the final...

Read about Sport1 coverage here...

Two Hours Spinning is Hard Work

I went to the Gym's two hour spinning session today (they do this one Sunday a month during the Winter) and it's the first time I've been. Despite my approach of taking a little easier than my normal Spinning classes (45-60 minutes duration) I still found my legs dying on me as I reached the last 15! Afternoon on the sofa beckons (as it was yesterday but that was alcohol related!).

A Little Hungover...

Well that was a wonderful Friday evening with our American friends, Jim & Beth and our Landlord, Clemens (and no it's not strange having the landlord over as he's a good friend too). We had a Raclette (well all of us except Claire, of course) and plenty of wine! That might not have caused too many problems this morning if it hadn't been for Clemens bring over a couple of bottle of Schnapps!!! I may never drink again.....

Lamentable Blogging Activity....

For some strange and unfathomable reason it seems I am unable to find 10 minutes a day to type about 100 words or so to describe the wonderful activities that I have been up to on any particular day in Switzerland. Does anyone know why this is so difficult? Okay sometimes I may have to upload a photo or scan a document but it's not all that difficult is it....

Anyway as of today I promise to do better - I've said that before but this time it's DIFFERENT!

So today has been a day of getting light switches fixed (thanks to Urs), a little exercise, a little looking at fresh snow (yippeeeeeee) and planning a Raclette evening tomorrow night for our landlord (Clemens!!) and our soon(ish) to be departed friends, Jim & Beth.

Plus some great news on the car (see Saturday 15th post) in that instead of 2-3 months wait it will now be 3-4 weeks...

Finally - The Bennet's are getting a Swiss Car

Well obviously it's not a "Swiss" car as I'm not sure there are any actual Swiss car manufacturers ( though that needs some research). It is, however, our first car that we have bought in this country. Of course, we haven't bought or paid for anything yet and there's an odd thing. We have signed for a brand new car and there was no need for any deposit or anything. I'm guessing our signatures are as good as any money in the courts here :-)

So what have we bought... One of these.... looks a little like this one

I wish the Volleyball had gone on longer..

I discovered this evening that a German Sports Channel, Sport1, was going to show the first leg of the Ipswich v Arsenal Carling Cup game tonight. However, because a very important volleyball (!!) game was late in finishing the football coverage didn't start until the start of the second half. Given how crap our performance was then I now wish the volleyball match had gone on for another 45 minutes!