Being
sick for the weekend sucks. I didn’t feel well, caught a cold somewhere from
somebody. But instead of lying down in bed all time, I dragged Antje to the car
and we went to Würzburg (excellent destination for a weekend biking trip). We
strolled along and through the city, coffee here and shopping there, visited
the cathedral and the bridge (reminds me of the one in Prague) which Würzburg
is famous for. Before going back home, restaurant “Auflauf” prepared oven baked
food which needs to be mentioned here.
Thank god
it’s Monday. This must have been the thought of my boss looking for someone
going to Estonia as soon as possible. I got the permission from the project,
booked flight and hotel and the next morning, I was on my way to Tallinn and
Rakvere later that night, going even more east. The converter station site had
an outage for two days (i.e. it’s switched off completely for maintenance
reasons) and the customer wanted to get some things done. We were there to
change some thyristors and fibre optics, visual checks of the three valve
towers included. The job went smooth and they brought the link back into
operation Thursday night.
Rakvere
itself didn’t have that much to offer. The Aqva Spa Hotel was the top thing to
see or do, followed by, yeah, not much. The castle maybe – allow one or two
hours, depending on how deep into detail you wanna go. A few bars in the “city
centre” which would be okay for that one or another night out. That’s about it!
Thus, time to head back to Tallinn and home then.
Every time
there is a little chance to go skiing in Switzerland, I’m usually in. Despite
the 6 hours travel time, being up there is always cool. The wide valley up in
the mountains invites for snow shoe hiking, cross country skiing or Alpine
skiing. I rented a snow board this time, tried my best on the hill for
beginners, and surprisingly, it was working quite well. “Jagertee” at the lunch
break didn’t contribute that much – it was more like one step forward, two
steps back! But as long as I survive… After hard work outside on the track,
good food, sauna and one or two beers made life liveable.
