Eliya/ sweet pea, shaaaaaaaaaaalom !

 

   Hi there, how are you today? Here in Helsinki the weather is cool - 3 degrees. I sent you many sms but I don't think you got them. Tell me if you did ( tagidi im kibalt mashehoo). The trip back was very, very long. There were big delays (hayoo haaaamon ichoorim). I also want to say AGAIN that we loved our trip to Switzerland with you and all Willy's family say hi (Sandra too). I also wanted to write down some of the things we did on our trip so that you will not forget !

   Remember: The family farm (meshek) on mount Pilatus (har Pilatus) near Luzern. There was Buddy the dog, shnitzle the calf (ha egel) the pigs and the cows and the deer (tsvi'im) that were looking for grass, that you saw from your bedroom window. There was also a wood stove (tannur etz) that you can sit on to keep warm and aba making the fire in the morning so that you could drink Willy^s choco cham. We went for supper to Willy's aunt and his uncle had a juke box(cmo patifon). The whole family sang Swiss yodeling songs and Sandra gave you a present.In Luzern we saw the famous wood bridge (gesher) from the Middle Ages (yamei ha beinai'im), We ate and drank by the lake, did lots and lots of shopping and saw the museum with the weird(moozar) mirror maze (mavoch shel mar'ot), On the day we wanted to go to the mountain with the revolving restaurant (mis'ada mistovevet) and Interlaken you were tired so we shopped again (le zeh af paam lo ayefim) We made a long drive south to Bern the capital(ir ha bira) We ran to see the old clock, went to the Cathedral (ha knesi'a ha gdola) and saw...... the BEAR! We also found "Clair's".  One evening we went to visit Freddy and Vrenny in their nice house and then to a good restaurant, where you got fried fish be ta'oot. We then went further south (daroma yoter) to beautiful Gruyere. a lovely old town with wall (choma) castle (metzuda) and wonderful restaurants with raclette (gvinat Gruyere tachat chimoom, sh namess ve ochlim im tapuchei adama). I remember you eating berries and cream and playing with a big ginger (gingi) cat. After sleeping in a hotel we drove to Chillon castle (metzuda/armon) that sits on lake Geneva ve nir'eh col'kach ROMANTI ! there we were lucky and saw the swan's nest (ken ha barbur) with the big eggs inside. You also laughed to see the toilets (ha sherutim im ha agam lemata). We drove through (derech) Montreaux (efo sh col ha ashirim) to the region(eizor) called Wallis. We wanted to see a shelter for St Bernard dogs, but it was closed and we wanted to take you to some hot springs(ma'ayanot chamim) but you were too tired. Finally (sof sof) we arrived at the hotel of Willy's brother. They gave us a lovely room with a balcony(mirpeset) with a lovely view of the snowy valley and mountains. You loved the baked (afu'i) fish and had it 2 times for dinner. Every day we went to Bettmeralp to ski and eat and drink and ski and eat and drink.............wow! on our last day we drove to Zurich for ... shopping!

   Well that's some of our experiences(chava'yot) and I hope that you had as much fun as I. Most of all I am really really proud (ge'eh) of how you learned to ski. You were not afraid and behaved (hit'nahaga) very very well. When you are having a good time you learn very easily! All the best now , I hope you keep this letter to remember the trip, lots and lots of love to my sweet pea, aba David xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx