This evening I am, once again, at home by myself, as my wife, Frau Dr. K is at the local hospital making sick children better. To further the funk that I feel, Switzerland is in the midst of its second national lockdown which started just the week before Christmas. The darker the region, the more cases therein. Granted this second lockdown is not as extreme as our first lockdown 17 March β 3 May nor as restrictive as the regulations by our neighbours Austria and Germany, but still what activities that might give me incentive to go to St.
Gallen cinemas, bars, restaurants are all denied to me at this time. As of 19 December , there have been 1,, confirmed casesm 1,, recoveries, 33, deaths. Corona virus cases Covid cases in Germany. On this day in Felix Manz became the first casualty of the edict making adult baptism punishable by drowning and the first Swiss Anabaptist to be martyred at the hands of magisterial Protestants. A Reformed minister went along, seeking to silence him, and hoping to give him an opportunity to recant.
The King walked up the steps to his rooms at the Trianon, where he found he was bleeding seriously. As of 10 April , there have been 2,, confirmed cases, , recoveries, 64, deaths. Oh, to be in Harbin, China, equidistant from both the Russian and North Korean borders, to attend the largest ice and snow festival in the world! The festival is probably cancelled and I am not certain whether I could fly there even if I wanted to because of either Swiss restrictions or Chinese restrictions.
As of 15 November , there have been 86, confirmed cases, 81, recoveries, 4, deaths. Each of the Small Islands has a population of far less than souls β by comparison, Landschlacht has 1, Eigg is without a doubt the friendliest of the Small Isles, with sandy beaches, a nice easy hill to climb and lots of peace and quiet. Eigg measures just five miles by three, is mostly made up of a basalt plateau 1, feet above sea level and a great stump of columnar pitchstone lava An Sgurr rising out of the plateau another feet.
Eigg is by far the most vibrant, populous and welcoming of the Small Isles, with a real strong sense of community. Her home on Eigg, in the Inner Hebrides, remains untouched by the corona virus, because its remoteness and the sea are natural harbours against infection. Conway 58 explained. Her sense of relative security is shared by much of the rural population of Britain, which encompasses about 6. Only accessible by ferry or helicopter, and off the national grid, the community has learnt to manage on its own.
