the birm*

My lawnmower is bigger than that!

So anyway, I got back to camp with RC on Sunday night only to find a FIAT 126 with a “ITALIA” sticker on it and a UK number plate, parked in the driveway. It suddenly clicked that the anonymous comment left on my blog a few weeks ago would have to have been from Micah, since, having read his blog I found out that he had recently acquired such a vehicle and that, seeing it in this part of the world, meant that he had driven it here (complicated, I know!). Surely enough, he strolled out of the dark to greet me. Amazing!

For those of you who don’t know what a FIAT 126 is, just imagine a small dog kennel with 4 wheels, engine in the back, boot in the front, 2 cylinders, 650cc engine (that’s right, not even 1 whole liter!!)…and it got here from norn iron! Wow. So I had the pleasure to hang out with Micah and Naomi for 2 days and get caught out by the accent… “do they take cars up on the plateau in summer” asked Micah one evening. I said no and he looked surprised, saying that they took cars up on the plateaus in Switzerland. I thought for a second and it then clicked… “Oh, you mean cows mate…”