RE: What am I up to at the moment?
I have tried to think everything through so that there can't be any nasty surprises. I'm not saying I have covered everything yet but I'm working on all the details that I can think of. I have also talked to some people from gastronomy already which helped me a lot.
In the canton where I live you have to have some experience in gastronomy if you want to obtain a licence to open a restaurant. I don't have it so I have to pass an exam. It's about hygiene, various foods, preparation, control, risks, various bacteria, viruses, etc.. The problem is that it's in German so it doesn't go as fast as I would love to. These are parts from the law so you can imagine it's not written with the easiest language..
I don't think there will be many 'walkwithme' going forward as I really don't have that much time and when I do I prefer just to sit down and have a cup of coffee. But we will see :) Absolutely! That will be one of my tasks :) I will focus on managing the business and making sure that we adhere to all the local regulations. They are very strict with the quality here so it will be a huge task.
I think we will have it in season for a few more weeks. I wanted to go again today but didn't manage so will try to go tomorrow in the afternoon. Snow at the end of March? Is this usual? Hopefully it will melt very soon. It was 20 degrees Celsius here today. I was sitting outside in my t-shirt :)
Thank you for stopping by and for your kind words!
Whoa @delishtreats, gastronomy ... Sounds scary! 😉
Well, I guess that's not so bad then. But in German? I'm obviously not from "over there," so I goggled "Swiss language." The "Reader's Digest" version of what I see is there is no "official" Swiss language - but instead four languages! Good grief ... 😉 Good luck with that!
Makes perfect sense, although I will miss our engagement. Hopefully we'll still hear from you from time to time. We'll want to know how it is going. "The good, the bad, and the ugly" ... 😊
Yes, quite common. Since moving to where we live now, in fact, the single biggest snowstorm (it was a bit "freakish" though ...) we've experienced was on May 8th - Mother's Day here in America that year. We had elected to go across to the other side of the Continental Divide for a little trip in celebration. The problem was wouldn't get back across the passes to return to work on Monday morning! They were closed!!
P.S. In case you are not familiar with the "Continental Divide," it runs down through the western United States. All rivers to the west of it flow to the Pacific ocean. All rivers to the east flow to the Gulf of Mexico ...