Pilatus

In the Gospel of John (18:38) Pontius Pilatus asked Jesus what is the truth. The Gospel don't tell the answer to Pilatus or us (or at least not in the way we would expect), but one truth is, I achieved one of my goals: to be at top of Pilatus! Wow, wait. Not that Pontius Pilatus man, but a mountain in Switzerland.

Yes, finally one of my dreams came true. Actually many dreams did.

A good friend of my exchange year came with me this time. Rob Island. He was easy travel company also in a sense he knows what life was five years go. I didn't have to explain anything and he got excited about the same things I did. Or maybe even more than I did, 'cause I've been visiting Switzerland way more often than he has.

I wanted to stay those awesome 5 days, we had, somewhere else than in a hotel/hostel. I had so much luck in this, 'cause I found a very nice flat in the best place of Bern, Länggasse. Near everything (Uni., Gelaterie di Berna, railway station, the city centre and Neufeld forest) and the flat was cosy and swiss. I could move in right now. Thank you, renters!

Sleeping and living things were in good order, but again, the people, friends, made the visit. Every night there was more than one friend to meet and to hang out. Laugh, drink a beer, have a dinner or a picnic. It made me smile to hear what kind of plans my friends have and they are OK. From Fellergut times we have grown up, at least that bit, that on work days we have to go to sleep earlier.

What I always want to do when I'm in Switzerland, is to hike. To go somewhere up and to see the views. Pilatus has been one of my dreams years already, but usually when I come to Switzerland, it rains or the weather is cloudy. Well, this time wasn't exception. The weather was very cloudy on the top and we didn't see much. Or mostly just white/grey. But when hiking up, glimpse of the Sun lighted what breathtaking views there are. Good reason to go back to really see everything.

Hmm, the weather was actually better than forecasted. It rained mostly in the nights. But the forecast didn't tell how many old faces I was going to see. The last morning I was delighted to meet quickly Alte Testament. He is not really old. The Old Testament is. And his road is heading to Helsinki in a month, like Yugos. They are coming to Finland!
By the way, you can find Pontius Pilatus in The New Testament. Thank you God for your word in the Bible, thank you for blessing my friends and Switzerland. Keep doing that, then you are blessing me too.

Hei, I did had so much fun! Let's do it again! Let's meet again! Let's find me a job and a flat so I could stay longer in the heart of Europe!

Bern from Rosengarten

Views from almost the top of Pilatus Kulm

Kitchen in our rental flat

Jehei, home town looks quite same, cosy

Rösti

Swimming in Aare :)

Here I present all the great views! At Pilatus.

Main building - University of Bern

Ferrari-fast trip to Ferrara

Ferrari-fast: less than 48h in destination, but good hours! How many hours do you need for an adventure?

Ferrara is a big city (in Finnish perspective) 50km from Bologna and there lives about 130 000 citizens. And for a change or for the first time it was nice to to see ”normal” Italy, not only those very famous parts and spots full of tourists. Ferrara seemed cosy to me, coloured mostly in warm brown. Lots of narrow streets, old buildings, a castle(!!), and a huge wall surrouded the city (the place to run in Ferrara). People were also very nice, always saying hello. I’d say the atmospheare in the city was warm and welcoming.

 

View to backyard at the Great Nika's house

Oh, and the people were the main purpose to visit Ferrara. My friend from my Swiss time lives in the city. The Great Nika. And he still got his funny laugh (which I haven’t ever told him before, maybe?). Jeje, so good to see him after couple of years. The Great Nika has a very nice home (they dry dishes like in Finland, they have a drying cupboard), and he married this beautiful woman, and now they have (almost) always smiling one-year-old son. I played with this little Nika and the language wasn’t problem at all, we understood each other very well. He knows many languages.

It wasn’t just the Great Nika family. Also the grandmother was visiting at the same time. With her it was a bit more difficult to communicate ’cause my Albanian is so bad. But we all know that expressions and gestures are telling way more than just words. Also when running to catch the bus on Wednesday morning at 4 am and being a bit lost, just say the word you know in Italian (my case: il treno -> the bus left from the train station) and you will get instructions in Italian with hand gestures. When I reached the bus one minute before departure, the driver told I should have bought the ticket in advance... Luckily he still let me ride. Grazie MILLE!!

And one more human being: my Husband. The Great Nika has a nice friend too, and quite soon I became his wife. He is a musician. Between our household chore quallers he taught me new way to think about music and kept me company while the Great Nika was working. So cool to jump into new situations and get to know new (handsome) faces. Yes, my Husband is very handsome.

Ah yes, the connection between Ferrara and Ferrari. The car Ferrari and the city Ferrara are not connected. I’m just fast. Ferrari-fast.


Visit Ferrara.