Vocal Voices

Hi

Nellie..my new French friend.. is, over the festive period, going to visit her mum who lives in Switzerland.

I asked where she lived and it's Villeneuve, which is near Montreux, and I just wondered whereabouts you were when you lived there.

We lived in the German speaking part of Switzerland Ally. A little village called Sigriswil overlooking Lake Thun

Oh that looks beautiful Lozz.

Nellie's mum is German.

Nellie herself was born and schooled till her teens in Germany, then moved to France for many years.

She then moved with her husband who is a (retired) heart surgeon to South America hence they learnt fluent Spanish.

Her husband is half Japanese, half German and speaks 6 languages.

Nellie speaks 5.

And speaks them excellently!

Crumbs! I wish I was good with languages...sadly I'm not, but I am brilliant at everything else!

(I jest )

I know what you mean Lozz..I always think the Dutch, French and German somehow just seem to find learning other languages easier and take it in their stride.

Funny how I didn't like learning 'forrin' stuff at school but have really got into it as I've got older.

Wish I could say the same about hoovering!

had my 19 birthday in interlaken lozz with my mum/dad
then went back 20 years later with B
did all the tourist things its just a magic place
hoe fortunate for you to have lived there

We were quite close to Interlaken Saundra and used to visit it a lot