Today was another very relaxed day. I had breakfast at 9am and then I waited for Luc and Michael to return from the Nounou. I used the time to inform myself about Geneva. I’ve never put this much thought into a city trip. Let’s see if I can notice a difference and if the it was worth the effort.
The first task of the day was to stack, count and put away the cases that we use for the harvest. That was a simple task (Michael still managed to pinch his finger hand hit his head) and the work was done with fast.
After that, we cleaned a tank each with a water-sulfur-mixture. We crawled into the tanks through the opening at the bottom. Barefoot, of course. I was really glad to be having a cold, because I was wearing my loop-scarf that I had sprinkled with peppermint essential oil in the morning. Therefore, I had a “gas mask” and couldn’t smell even a bit of the sulfur. After we were done cleaning the tanks, Luc and Michael cleaned the destemmer as well. After that: time off!
It was really warm again, today. It was almost hot. Naturally, we had lunch outside on the terrace. In the early afternoon, I read before deciding to go for a walk. Main motivation for this was to take some good pictures, since there weren’t any yesterday. Michael came along and thanks to him I walked a lot further than I would have on my own.
We walked through the nearest hamlet (my original destination) and then down the hill to the river Albarine. To get to the river, we had to cross the train tracks, climb over a railing and go down a steep slope. But I would say that it was worth it. 25 pictures should be my record so far for one day (Geneva will top this for sure).
At first, I took pictures from the riverbank and from atop some stones, which were in the river. Then I decided to take off my shoes, roll up my pant legs and get into the river because it was very shallow and had barely any current. The water was really pleasant and with an ambient temperature of 25°C, it was a welcome refreshment.
6km and 2h later, we were back at the house. I edited the pictures on the terrace and was glad when I was done, as it had gotten cold really fast. I spent the time until dinner with reading.
We had crêpes again. And with that a good amount of humor. I am really a bit sad that I will be leaving tomorrow, but I’m also looking forward to Geneva.
Luc remembered during dinner that he forgot to reattach the electric wire at the vineyard, so he went out again to take care of that after the meal. When he was gone, we kept talking and Michael mentioned that he’s sad that I’m leaving. For whatever reason, he told Clémence, that he and I had done The New York Time’s “36 Questions That Lead To Love”. We immediately clarified that it (luckily) did not work. Clémence then said that only today, Luc was wondering whether Michael and I were together. When he came home, we sat closer together and put our arms around each other, before Clémence told Luc that we were, in fact, not together. He laughed at that. He thought that Clémence had outright asked us and found that “unbelievable” (still with a smile on his face). It’s not very far fetched for people to think that we’re together. In the two weeks we’ve known each other, we’ve become very good friends and spend a lot of time together.
I’m looking forward to my last day tomorrow. I’ll be helping with the harvest for one last time and in the evening, I’ll take a train to Geneva. La Pavaz, and mostly the Bauer family, will be dearly missed. But I already have an invitation to come back for the harvest next year, so it won’t be adieu, but au revoir.