Sign of the times
Autumn officially has come to Switzerland. I know this because the gelato stands are gone and the heisse Maroni (roasted chestnut) stands have arrived. This all happens very dramatically on the same day. Never have I seen gelato stands gradually close one by one as the days grow cooler, and never have I seen heisse Maroni stands appearing like stars in the night sky, slowly one after another as the days grow darker. Instead, the Powers That Be determine that from this day forth, there shall be no gelato; there shall be heisse Maroni. The gelato stands vanish and all the heisse Maroni stands arrive. And presto! It's autumn.
And it won't be spring again until the day the Maroni return from whence they came.
UPDATE: Hey, it's Wednesday the 21st and I saw a gelato stand today! What gives?
2 Comments:
I love that image: "like stars in the night sky, slowly one after another as the days grow darker" and reading this made me miss both gelato (the best!) and roasted chestnuts... In Uberlingen it was the same way.. Are there any fun street festivals coming up?
It was also terribly exciting to read about all of Small Boy's babbling. How awesome! And adorable. Pictures please!! Bean is most "talkative" in the morning...the rest of the day he loves to make roaring noises, mostly. Although his newest sound seems to be "babababa".. I love how Small boy is combining sounds.That must be sooo neat to hear.
I love that image: "like stars in the night sky, slowly one after another as the days grow darker" and reading this made me miss both gelato (the best!) and roasted chestnuts... In Uberlingen it was the same way.. Are there any fun street festivals coming up?
It was also terribly exciting to read about all of Small Boy's babbling. How awesome! And adorable. Pictures please!! Bean is most "talkative" in the morning...the rest of the day he loves to make roaring noises, mostly. Although his newest sound seems to be "babababa".. I love how Small boy is combining sounds.That must be sooo neat to hear.
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