Sunday Brunch

My version of a weekly recap, served in bite-sized morsels.

1. The Royal Baby 

Prince George stole the headlines this week. You couldn’t escape it – on telly and in print, in broadsheets and tabloids alike, the news of the birth was everywhere.

Sunday Brunch

My version of a weekly recap, served in bite-sized morsels.

1. Cats need Yakult, too.

Muci was ill on Friday. He spent the entire day vomiting his guts out, and towards the evening it didn’t seem as if he was getting any better – so we decided to bring him to the vet.

Unfortunately animal clinics here open only during office hours, and even then you need to make an appointment first (the same goes for normal clinics). We had to bring him to the “emergency on-call” vet instead, which was luckily not too far away.

A Word A Week Challenge – Unexpected

Munich, 2012

I would’ve expected to see people swimming in a river, but surfing? I would never have thought of it.

Just goes to show how resourceful some people are.

Bruderholz (Basel), 2012

When we moved to Basel, I never expected there’d be a dinosaur in the neigbourhood park. Howdy, neighbour.

This post is a result of the A Word A Week Challenge by A Word in Your Ear. Head over to Sue’s blog to learn more about the challenge, and to see more entries.

Toodles!

A Word A Week Challenge – Distant

“One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star.”  -Gilbert Keith Chesterton-

This post is a result of the A Word A Week Challenge by A Word in Your Ear.

Check out her blog to find out more about the challenge, and to see other entries!

Toodles for now!

Sunday Brunch

My version of a weekly recap, served in bite-sized morsels. 

1. Potato Chip Pets. 

According to this article in the NYT, llamas are the new Chihuahas; the new pet en vogue. It also turns out that owning just one llama isn’t enough; like Pringles, once you start, you can’t stop.

A few llama owners were interviewed for this article, and from them we are made to understand why llamas make for such endearing pets. Apart from being quiet, gentle and affectionate animals, they are also “sympathetic” and are easy to care for. Which is all well and good, but I found this slightly amusing: