In contrast to the punishing fitness regime of this week, we arose late for a leisurely breakfast this morning. Understandably, Graeme and I didn't need much food after gorging on the feast the night before. We showed Dana the photos of the food. She was not that impressed. She doesn't like fois gras, crustaceans, or that much meat. She did, however think the chocolate dessert with mint creme sounded rather yummy.
We were relieved yesterday to find a solution to Dana's transport problem back to the Geneva border. We have to leave very early tomorrow morning for Livigno, but we're in the opposite direction. Fortunately, Irish Dave who runs a chalet in Les Carroz was going to the Geneva airport to pick up guests at exactly the right time and Dana was able to catch a ride with him. Like a worried mother and father, we have asked Dana to text us tomorrow afternoon when she is safely on the bus. Her travel plans all seem incredibly tenuous to us but somehow they always seem to work out!
Our afternoon drifted by with a long walk through our forest and a trip into the village to buy supplies for a Fondue. We have been promising to make a traditional cheese fondue for Dana all week. Of course, the ingredients were sourced from Christine - Hubert's personal fromagereuse. She packaged up all the right cheeses, grated and mixed in the correct proportions with the local white wine and instructions just to make sure we got it right!
Hubert and Marie would be proud of me. Not only did I avoid setting the apartment on fire, I made a perfect fondue! As Hubert emphasised, I stirred, stirred and kept on stirring the cheese mixture. We even achieved the crusty melted cheese base at the end! A simple meal, but wickedly delicious! I'm also glad we are eating early (Slovakian time) so our stomachs will have time to recover before bed.
It will be a sad farewell to Dana tomorrow. She is easy to have around and inspires us to achieve fantastic physical feats of endurance! I hope that we will see her again in NZ. But it's not easy now that her children are older. They love their school and their friends and are reluctant to be transplanted again in NZ. I guess it will have to be a long distance email relationship for the next few years. But we have made a promise to all meet up again for a ski somewhere half way between us, like Canada or America in 2019! Nothing like a plan!
4/ A Farewell Fondue
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