4th August 2017 Parking

This final day in Switzerland we work in the garden at home by cutting some brunches and loading the to the neighbors cart. Then after swimming we started parking.

3rd August 2017 Mr Surer Stone Quarry Site

This day we did some garden work in the morning, soon after in the afternoon we visited Mr Surer Stone Quarry site. In the Stone Quarry Site we walk through by one of the workers (Machine Operator) explaining us how the extract the rocks from the mountain and break them to stones.
The process starts from using a big hammer machine to break the rocks from the mountain and collect the rocks to the crusher with a Loader machine then the crusher breaks the big rocks into small sizes and they are separated in different sizes by the crusher Conveyer belt system.
He also showed us how the fill stone in metal cages that are use for constructing wall.

We then left the stone Quarry site and meet my god mother (Auntie Verena) in Liestal for my personal thing which was very happy. She also gave me a very nice and quality watch. Further more she gave us all another additional gift and had our lunch in a Chinese Buffet restaurant. After the lovely lunch we wished her good bye and we went home to Arisdorf.
Then later in the evening we had lovely supper with auntie Verena in Arisdof, it was one of the nice evening i had in Arisdorf.

2nd August 2017 The City of Basel

On this day after breakfast with the Canadians, it was time for the Canadians to leave Arisdorf.  

They pack and after we wishes them goodbye auntie Ruth drop them off in Liestal. We rested in the house waiting for anutie Ruth. Then after we wrote some blog and cleaned the windows upstairs.

When auntie Ruth arrived we went to peal shop and visited her sister Auntie Katherine in Basel City.

Basel is a city in northwestern Switzerland on the river Rhine. Basel is Switzerland's third-most-populous city (after Zürich and Geneva) with about 175,000 inhabitants.

We had walk around the city visiting some shops and some interesting and touristic parts of the Basel city With Auntie Katherine.

We visit Basel city cathedral there walked through the cathedral and climbed to the top towers of the church to looks at the tower architecture and view the city from up there.

The Basel Cathedral is one of the main landmarks and tourist attractions of the Swiss city of Basel. It adds definition to the cityscape with its red sandstone architecture and coloured roof tiles, its two slim towers and the cross-shaped intersection of the main roof. The Münster is listed as a heritage site of national significance in Switzerland.

 Then after we took a boat(Fury) and cross the river Rhine to the other side of the city (small Basel), 

had a little look around and we went home.

1st August 2017 Swiss National Day

In the morning Stephen and I together with auntie Ruth and the Canadians set out up hill in Arisdorf to attend the branch party for Swiss national day. Which we were invited and sponsored by Mr. Fritz Surer to celebrate and observed the farmer Brunch.
It was a great get together at the branch party of Swiss national day.
The Swiss National Day (German: Schweizer Bundesfeiertag) is the national holiday of Switzerland, set on 1 August. Although the founding of the Swiss Confederacy was first celebrated on this date in 1891 and annually since 1899, it has only been an official holiday since 1994.

We enjoyed the food and we had fun together charting with our selves an other people.    
In the afternoon we let the branch and came home to rest.
Later in the evening Mr. Raymond came to visit us all expecially Miss. Kim from Canada.
We all had a nice cake and drinks together with Mr Raymond and a few hours later he left us.
Then after dinner with with the Canadians we all played Triminous together for a while.

31st July 2017 Canadian Visit

On this day  we were waiting for the arrival of friends Auntie Ruth from Canada in the evening.

In the morning we had breakfast at home with guest of auntie Ruth Mr. Rafael who teaches in the same school with Auntie Ruth.

He is a good christian pastor who teaches in the a church and teaches in the school christian religion.

We had a nice, interesting and long educative religious discussions for about two hours.

After his visit we started cleaning the house, Stephen cleaned the floor with the vacuum cleaner and I cleaned the glass door and windows.

Then after the cleaning we cut the lorn while auntie Ruth drove to pick the Canadian visitors from the train station. About an hour later auntie Ruth and the Canadian visitors arrived in the house.

We all have a nice meal and a good conversation with them. Later in the night we all went out on one of the mountain in Arisdorf to watch fireworks in Basel city.

30th July 2017 Pizza

On this this nice Sunday Stephen and Auntie Ruth went to church and I stayed alone in the house eating breakfast and relaxing small.
When they returned from church I and mum went to do some weeding in the garden for a few a hours. After that I cleaned the pool and enjoyed swimming for a few minutes.
I then later joined Stephen with blog writing while mum rested in a relaxed chair outside.
Later in the evening we had an invitation from auntie Verena to come over to her house for pizza. We let for her house around 4pm and spend the rest of the evening with eating pizza, salad, cookies and playing a game(Triminous ) with her.
We all together with her three dogs went for walk around Seltisberg and then after the walk we drove home.

It was such a nice pizza evening with my god mother antie Verenashe is a nice and a smart woman.

29th July 2017 The big city of Bern

This day we made another road trip to one of the nice big city in Switzerland Bern.
 In the morning around 10 am we drove to a parking space in Bern and met auntie Ruth friend  Mrs. Lottie who is a sister of a Late friend of Mrs. Petitjean. She has lived in Bern throughout almost all her life and was glad to show us around this lovely city.


 


There I felt  a little like am in Ghana, kejetia because there was a big outside market in front of their parliament house with a lot of people buying and selling.
I was lovely seeing a lot of people in this big city including tourist  from different countries.
We first took a bus for the packing area to the city parliament hall we walk around the area while auntie Lottei showed and explain her city to us. We entered the parliament house and there we saw pictures of the Swiss government leaders.
We further move to other parts of the city and we went to a big cathedral with a long tower.
The Bern Minster is a Swiss Reformed cathedral, in the old city of Bern. Built in the Gothic style, its construction started in 1421. Its tower, with a height of 100.6 m, was only completed in 1893.

We climbed to the top of the tower. 

 Stephen and I climbed the tower whiles mum and auntie Lottei waited for us on the ground. We climbed to the highest point and there we meet a Taiwan lady which we became friends with.
Again we climbed back down and we walked to see some bears in a big cage along the big river flowing through this beautiful city.
Soon after we took the bus back to the packing area and drove back to Arisdorf.

28th July 2017 Peal Shop

In the morning we went to auntie Margret house to help cut her flowers, in about an hour we finished cutting the hedge. She gave us a lovely gifts and from there we went to peal shop to by some Electronic gadgets.

27th July 2017 In Germany

This lovely we made shopping trip to Germany in the morning.
In Germany we did some shopping of presents for our family back home and auntie Ruth and we walked and had some light lunch in one the the street restaurant.  
We didn't stay in Germany for long because we had an appointment with Mr. Fritz at 5:00pm.
We reached home 45 minutes past 4 and exactly 5pm Mr. Surer pick us up in his car to eat something in a restaurant a hill at Sissach town.
When we went up hill we had a look from there to the beautiful spread out city around,it was a spectacular view.
We had a nice conversation and a nice meal with Mr.Surer. During the conversation Mr.Surer expressed how our water fountain project in Ghana is important to him and how he respected and appreciate the work of Mr. Perrie Petitjean. Mr. Surer then ask us to attend the first august  celebration party up in one of the mountains.

26th July 2017 My first Train and Boat Ride

On this lovely day with cloudy and small rains we set-out to make this trip around this beautiful country Switzerland.
We drove from Arisdorf to meet Auntie Verena (my godmother) in Liestal and we took the train together with Auntie Verena, I sat and enjoyed my first train ride.
The train took us through Olten and we pick up Mrs. who leaves in Zurich to join us on the trip.

Map Route from Liestal to Montreux

Along a spectacular view of the country side the train drove through towns and by side lake.
We reached our first destination Montreux, there we stayed took a walk along the big lake Geneva and had Pizza lunch.
Then we continue our trip with a steam boat which took us from Montreux to Lausanne.
Then after walk through Lausanne to take a train back to Olten we parted ways with Mrs. and then to Liestal. We then parted ways with Auntie Verena at Liestal train station and we drove back to Arisdorf.
This wonderful first train and boat ride is the best trip ride that i will never forget especially the boat ride it was awesome

25th July 2017 ARA Birs

We visited the ARA Birs a  waste Water treatment plant in Birsfelden, Switzerland. It was a nice opportunity for me to see how waste water is treated into clean water by special processes separating the dirt and chemical. 
Mr. Hubman one of the managers at the waste water plant took us around the waste water plant showing us and explaining all various sectors of the plant. 

Right from the waste water plant intake to through the screening stage which remove bigger and smaller object . Then to the sand  removal stage to a pre-clarification  stage further to biological batch system then to the final clean water output. 
This tour through the waste water plant made me realize the importance of maintaining our natural environment and this plant has taken environmental water cleaning to a higher level.
During the conversation a training opportunity for us in the waste water plant was discussed and we were given a contact address to apply for the training in the waste water plant.

After the industrial trip in the waste water plant, we went and visited Aunty Margret in Frankendorf. There we firstly had a flight in a airplane flight simulation system with was really amazing setup.
I took my first flight in the plane feeling the engine and vibrations in the airplane simulator. Then after we had a nice meal with aunty Margret and had a good conversation with her.