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March - July 2017
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  • chantal muellerEinisch um d Wäut
    Day 12

    Byebye Japan

    April 1, 2017 in China ⋅ 🌙 20 °C

    Zwischenlandung in Guangzhou, irgendwo in China, trinke einen Kaffee und fülle schon langsam mein Reisetagebuch. Der letzte Tag gestern in Tokyo war wieder super: Ich bin in Nippori ausgestiegen, bin durch den Friedhof von Yanaka spaziert (diese Hölzer, welche man auf dem Foto sieht, sind übrigens meistens aus deutscher Weisstanne), dann weiter in den Uenopark. Da war ja was los. Es duftete von überall wild durcheinander, alle priesen an und ich wollte am liebsten von allem probieren, ging leider nicht. Aber das was ich gegessen habe, war super, fragt mich einfach nicht, was es war (passierte übrigens häufiger hier, war aber alles lecker). Dann gings weiter über Akihabara und Kanda zur Tokyo Station, wo ich dann bei Beginn des Regens im Trockenen einen Kaffee getrunken habe und einfach die Zeit habe verstreichen lassen. Was für ein Luxus.
    Ich hatte Rendezvous mit Chica, einer Freundin von Etsuko zum Essen. Wir sind in den 38.Stock und haben mit Sicht auf die Lichter Tokios Okonomiyaki ghaberlet. Danach gabs noch einen Spaziergang durch eine Alleee mit Kirschbäumen in Blüte. Wirklich eine schöne Sache, diese cherryblossom.
    Heute Morgen habe ich Miso-Suppe nach der genauen Anleitung Etsukos gekocht und noch eine Spezialität probiert, Natto, ebenfalls sehr fein.
    Und dann hiess es schon Abschied nehmen von diesem wunderbaren Land, dessen Einblick mir Etsuko auf eine so tolle und nahe Art ermöglicht hat. Ich komme wieder!    Read more

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  • chantal muellerEinisch um d Wäut
    Day 13

    Hello Perth und Wiedersehen Nr. 3

    April 2, 2017 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C

    The flight to Perth was entertaining and very interesting thanks to Angie, a Professor from Florida. We somehow ended talking until 2am in the morning, then sleep was stronger then me, I passed out some but the conversation continued from 4.30am on. I really hope to see her again, maybe in July when I am in the US.
    Perth greeted me with sunshine and warm temperature. The very friendly Uberdriver tried to talk me into settling down as a doctor in Australia and also recommended to find a partner as soon as possible for very important evening hugs. "Then the day just ends a little bit better."
    He drove me to Fremantle where Olimpia lives. I met her in the Piscine in Neuchâtel where I was her coach for some time. That was more then ten years ago. She married Tom, an Australian and it was just wonderful to see her again! I met also Lea, her five month old daughter, my cuddling partner for the next days. We had breakfast and then went to King's Park where Tom met some former students. The park is huge with incredible playgrounds for kids. As a so-called adult you're really tempted to just try them out. I probably will on my next visit. After some lunch we watched Footy. Rough sport with guys dressed like in the Seventies. The ones from Fremantle are not doing well. They lost, we do not mention the score here. Next Saturday I will be able to watch a game at the Stadium, how cool is that!
    Two times a year a crossing from Fremantle to Rottnest Island takes place. You can do it as a team or by yourself. Which Olimpia already did a couple of years ago. To be clear, it's 20km openwater swimming. Yes. Swimming. So tonight they had a meeting, respectively a BBQ at the house of one of the team mates to watch some pictures of the last crossing. I met great people, all tanned, fit, sporty, funny just giving me a perfect first night in Australia.    Read more

  • chantal muellerEinisch um d Wäut
    Day 14

    The Australian way of life

    April 3, 2017 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 22 °C

    After a morning run I had a coffee with Olimpia and a morning cuddle with Lea. That was a very good start. And it continued that way: I spent the day on a boat with Oli, Lea, Sarah, Troy, their three weeks old son Rory as well as his grandparents cruising on Swan river. We had a delicious lunch on the water, a refreshing bath in the water, lot's of sun and good conversations.
    I am going from one wonderful place to another and experiencing so much kindness everywhere. I am bit dazzled. In a very good way.    Read more

  • chantal muellerEinisch um d Wäut
    Day 15

    King's Park and Wiedersehen Nr.4

    April 4, 2017 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C

    Sun, fun and nothing to do. That's my life at the moment. And I enjoy it so much. After another morning run Oli, Lea and me went to the beach and had a morning swim in the ocean. They put a 'fence' of 300x75m in the sea to build a sort of sheltered area for save, shark-free swimming. After that Oli dropped me off at the trainstation. I went to King's Park again. It's beautiful and you can learn a lot since there are different sectors with themes. I asked Angie, the cool lady from the plane, if she had time for a coffee this afternoon. She had, we met at the convention centre. She put her badge around my neck and 'smuggled' me into the centre. Then she got me gadgets from Yahoo, Google and co. (it's a www-conference) and I got free coffee, biscuits and fruit. It was so funny. Then we went for a walk through Perth and it was great to spend some time with her. I had rdv with Oli, Tom and Lea in Fremantle at 6 for Nacho-Night. That was delicious. We planned a bit more my journey, they will take me to Tom's uncle farm up in the North, this is awesome.Read more

  • chantal muellerEinisch um d Wäut
    Day 16

    Holiday

    April 5, 2017 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C

    Spending time with Oli and Lea is wonderful, I could seriously get used to that. I had to babysit Lea for an hour, I mean, had to is the wrong expression, I loved it, she is such a sweet girl and we get along very well. Over an another coffee in Freo, short for Fremantle, Olimpia told me about a walk from 'cape to cape' in the south. A 150km walk on beaches with stunning views, wandering through forests with huge trees. That sounded awesome and of course I was very enthusiastic about it. Since it's Easter holiday and everything is booked out it will not be for me this time. But in case you plan a trip here, that's a thing to do.Read more

  • chantal muellerEinisch um d Wäut
    Day 18

    In prison

    April 7, 2017 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C

    In mid 19th century roughly 5000 Europeans were settled in Western Australia. Not enough hands to build streets and other infrastructures, so what did the government? Yes, they asked Homeland Britain to send them some prisoners. They were convicted for minor crimes like stealing food for their starving families and then sent overseas with a 10 year sentence. When they arrived in Freo, then called Swan River colony, they first had to build their own prison. The living conditions were horrendous, the cells being 1x2m small, in summer it heated up until 55 degrees and they were isolated. So when they were released, they underwent 6 month of resocialization in a big room with other men. Probably the most human act those prisoners got in there before leaving. Since water was rare the convicted had to dig a tunnel system to ensure clean water. That was around 1900. The prison was closed 1991. It is a museum since. So today I visited this historic place where Oli is working as a curator. I did a tour through the prison and later on I went into the tunnel. We were a small group of seven with our guide Tristan. He was my boat buddy and my highlight. I had such a good time, Tristan telling us one bad joke after another (How is a earthquake called here? A Perthquake. What does the Swiss drive mostly? Neutral).
    After that I took a long walk home. I can stay in an apartment next to the house of Oli and Tom and at the moment it smells yummy because I have a Züpfe in the oven for breakfast.    Read more

  • chantal muellerEinisch um d Wäut
    Day 20

    FOOTY!

    April 9, 2017 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C

    Yesterday evening Tom, me and some 28'800 others watched the game dockers against bulldogs at the stadium. You may remember from last week, the team not starting the season well after being ripped apart the first two matches and this after winning only 4 out of 22 games last year. So the expectations were rather low. But then, always expect the unexpected! What a game that was! We smashed them! Yes! We won! The crowd went mad, it was wonderful.
    For the ones who want more details:
    http://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/afl/fremantle-…
    That was a perfect night after another gorgeous day here in Fremantle. Oli and Tom took me with them for a swim workout with their team. Little Lea was taken care of at the Crèche from the Leisure centre. How cool is that?
    After an hour swim in a 50m pool under the sun we had Tom's pancakes for breakfast with some teammates. Later in the afternoon we visited an aboriginal art market at the art centre in Freo. Very interesting and wonderful paintings. The family goes on Rottnest Island today until Thursday, I will go to the zoo today, to Rottnest tomorrow to see some Quokkas. Tuesday till Thursday I will indeed go south and do at least two etappes of the cape to cape walk, looking forward to that!    Read more

  • chantal muellerEinisch um d Wäut
    Day 21

    Rottnest

    April 10, 2017 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 20 °C

    Eigentlich stand gestern der Zoobesuch auf dem Programm. Dann hatte ich die tolle Idee, von Fremantle zum Zoo zu laufen. Alles den Swanriver hoch. 25km. Ich und meine Ideen. Dafür waren es wunderschöne Kilometer entlang des Wassers, die Skyline von Perth immer wieder im Blickfeld, dazu das neue Album von Troubas Kater in den Ohren, sehr empfehlenswert. Als ich dann beim Zoo ankam, war's 17:00Uhr, Zoo zu, also habe den Zug und Bus retour genommen. Soviel zu gestern. Heute bin ich um 5:30 aufgestanden, um die Fähre nach Rottnest zu erwischen. Dort leben die bekannten Quokkas, Kurzschwanzkänguruhs (merci Minuche), welche nur auf dieser Insel zu finden sind. Ich hatte Angst, dass ich keine sehen würde, doch sie sind überall und sooooo schnuslig! Ich habe ein Velo gemietet und die Insel so entdeckt. Wunderschöne Strände, ganz alleine für mich und jedesmal musste ich ins Wasser. Bei eher frischen 18Grad kam ich immer etwas blauer wieder raus. Doch es lohnte sich bei so vielen schönen Korallen und Fischen. Fahrradfahren war etwas tricky da links, mein Velo eine grosse Acht hatte und eher instabil. Ich hatte das Gefühl, wenn ich die Bremse etwas betätige, dass ich so das ganze stabilisiere. Nicht ganz so gäbig, Bremsen beim Fahren. Egal. Ich habe sie trotzdem alle beim Hochfahren überholt. Hehe.Read more

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  • chantal muellerEinisch um d Wäut
    Day 23

    Dolphins!

    April 12, 2017 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C

    I traveled from Oli's place down to Dunsborough (Donsbra). There my host Therese picked me up from the busstation, what a nice suprise.Today Roger, Therese's husband drove me to the Cape Naturaliste where the walk begins. I started by going around it - and suddenly something big came out of the bush. I was quite startled. So what is jumping around?In Australia? Yep, a Kangaroo! A very big one. He was friendly though (not like the male sheep in Switzerland) and jumped back in the bush.
    The landscape was beautiful, the weather changing from sunny and hot to rainy and windy in a half hour range. I was well equipped and I didn't mind at all. As I arrived at Yallingup beach and looked at those big waves I finally saw them: Dolphins! My first ones! They had much fun jumping in the waves ashore and me, too. That was magical. I went into the water a bit later, those waves have so much strength, very impressive. After that I was not in the mood for another 1.5h walk along the mainroad to Dunsborough, so I asked around for a ride and a nice girl took me back. She just finished a 6 months travel around Europe. Tomorrow I will go back to Freo, then Saturday we will go to Hyden. Hiding. Since Easter is coming on.    Read more

  • chantal muellerEinisch um d Wäut
    Day 24

    Some signs

    April 13, 2017 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C

    I came back from Dunsborough after a lazy day on the beach and a cup of tea with Roger. I was very happy to see Oli, Tom and Lea again, we had dinner together and I could load my cuddle batteries with Lea.
    During my travel i came across some signs. I think my favorite is the one with the golfers. My dad agrees fully with this sign and said that golfers are a species to be protected.    Read more

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