Mazra wrote:
Went to a place called
Valmorel, one of the many ski resort "villages" in the Alps.
It's some 70 kilometers from Mont Blanc (could see the top of it from our terrace) and is close to
Les 3 Vallées (3 Valleys). Spent a good 10 days hiking the mountains, cooling off in the pool and drinking Pelforth Brune at various cafes. And I got to see Tour de France from a mountain top on my birthday. Good times.
Well, it's good to see you're still in one piece young man. We were worried. You could have called. Is it that difficult to pick up a phone? Or were you just too busy to call and let us know you were O.K.?
You disappear for two weeks while we sit here staring at the phone all night and all day, worried sick about our little boy, and you not once thought, "Oh, I should call and let them know I'm O.K."? That's not how you were raised! We have feelings too you know!
. . . well . . . it
is good to have you back, after all. We saved some of Aethien's Schwartzwalder Kirschtörte for you, whatever the hell that is. Honestly, it looks like an inside-out dead animal, but he says it tastes great. It's in the refrigerator. No, there's no beer in the refrigerator, Aethien has us drinking warm stout now. Look in the oven.
. . . oh, come here and give me a big hug!
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"the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country."
Hermann Goering, April 1946.