Bye bye Vienna

Today we vacated this lovely house. I became a little sentimental. This house and my cats always gave me healing.  Thanks a lot!

French

We are moving to Bern. In Bern they speak german but Bernese german is very different from  standard german. I will learn French in Bern.  I know only this sentence," Aujourd'hui il fait chaud." ( It's hot today.)   But It's February now, the coldest season.  Anyway I'm looking forward to the life in Bern!


Elsa: "Water is dripping from the freezer."
Mama: "It's OK.I'm cleaning it!"

Packing

Elsa:I'm excited with so many cardboard boxes I can jump in !"

Moving

Michael: "Hi!  Welcome back,Mama."
Mama: " Hello,Michael. How are you? I'm very happy to be with you again. But we are moving to
Switzerland.  We'll be very busy from now on. Please help!"

a higher place

Asisi finally got the highest place.  Why do you like to be on  higher places?
She is getting used to living in this house. I have to go back to Vienna.  I miss you, Asisi.
Enjoy your life in Kamakura, the famous old town .There are many temples and shrines. So many tourists there like Vienna.

a high place

Asisi found a comfortable place .
It's on the top of the book shelf.   Be careful not to fall down,Asisi.

 

 

 

Her place

Asisi is looking for her place to sleep.  She orders me to open every doors even of closet.

Asisi in Kamakura

Asisi:'No!!!   It was a five-hour drive. Too long! I don't like a car.  Terrible!
          I'm a stranger in this house. No place to sleep."

To Kamakura

Oma moved into the old people's home.  Asisi is in the oma's room. Maybe she is waitig for Oma to sleep together.
Asisi,you have to move to Kamakura and live there with a new mate.

Asisi and Oma

Oma moved in a senior citizen's home. Oma and Asisi said Good-bye each other on the last day they stayed together. It was really sad.

crabs

The crabs are still alive. Not often but sometimes the claws move a little.
Asisi is interested in living things. She has been looking at them for a long time.

2015

Michael:" A happy new year, Elsa."
Elsa: "A happy new year, Michael"

M:" Do you know where mama is?"
E: "She is in Japan. Oma needs her help. Oma's doctor advised her not to take a nap so that she can avoid to stay in bed all day long.  You sleep too long,too,Michael. Be careful"

Hilary

Mama:'Do you think Hilary Clinton will win at the presidential primary election?"
Elsa:' I don't feel much interest in politics"

Sängerknaben

Vienna boys choir had an open house last week. Luckily I had a chance to visit it.
Boys live and learn in a palace in Augarten.The palace was gorgeous,with its very large garden. The view from the palace was terrific. Nowadays this choir gathers boys with good voice not only from Austria but from all over the world.

Elsa:" I like music,too"

A mad tea party

Last month I was in extreme distress.
Physically I caught a viral disease. Mentally I was tired after joining a mad meeting.
Nobody could enjoy when they saw  a powerful person use his authority and beat someone in public. We felt the unpleasant aftertaste.

Elsa: "There is a close bond of affection between Bob and James,right? "

Display

Elsa checks every shelf.  When I open my drawer, she immediately jumps into it. Also in the pantry.
Sometimes she sits on the shelf like one of my bags.

Bratislava

I have been to Bratislava,the capital of Slovakia,down the Danube on  a boat. It's only 60 km from Vienna to Bratislava. We can go by bus or train, but the fine view from the boat was marvelous.

Michael: " This box for my napping is getting smaller. Give me a bigger one."
Mama: " Lose weight!"

courtyard

We can see very beautiful courtyards or quadrangles in Vienna.
Especially in the central part ,1st district,in which so many people (most of them are tourists) are walking around Stefans Dom, when you once enter a courtyard, you will feel time slipped. It's very calm, no people, the atmosphere is that of ancient times.

Elsa:" Mummy, give me this box. A good house for me."

Freud

This is our livingroom. At one time, many years ago, this was a psycologist's practice.
I don't know his name but he was an adviser of the famous psycologist Freud .I hear he often visited his professor. Probablly they had talked here.

An injection

Michael:"Wha, wha, what's happening!!  Elsa is unusually growling! Oh what a thick needle!"
Elsa:"Ouch!"

The vet:" It's your turn,Michael."