Sports Update and Garlic Bread

Stefan is sitting in the sofa doing hand movements to 'Wheels on the Bus'. He's actually pretty good and I'm almost jealous of the fact that he knows the order of them already (he's also able to copy all the gestures Pharrell Williams does in the beginning of his video to 'Happy'! We might look into entering him to some highbrow show for intelligent people thought up by Simon Cowell in a year or two). I'm still struggling with the moves and routines in my Zumba class. Admittedly, I haven't actually been going to my class regularly, but that's all about to change! 

BECAUSE:

My yearly subscription to the fitness center two minutes' walk from here (three, if the wind is in my face (headwind?)) ran out last month and having no income, I felt rather reluctant to fork out quite a lot of non-existing money on something which might end up just being another card in my collection. So I was toying with the idea of saying: Been there, didn't really do much of that, did buy some sports t-shirts.

UNTIL: 

(Does this capitalising work? I'm trying to create a somewhat dramatic atmosphere.)

Da-da-da-daaaah: Paul made a suggestion: He'd pay for a new subscription under the condition that I go at least 52 times. If not, I'd have to pay him back. Theoretically, I thought this was an amazing offer and theoretically, I could definitely see this as the incentive I need in order to start going more regularly. Not having the best track record when it comes to turning theory into practise, I still decided that with a 'can-do' and 'I'm going to show myself (and a little bit the world)' attitude, this project should be feasible. Hence, I accepted the offer. It's now been a month or so and I've been to Zumba once (Easter got in the way last week) and I'm planning on going tomorrow morning, so I'm on track - also because the subscription runs for 13 months...

The search for a yoga teacher / class is still ongoing. I did a couple of sessions from YouTube which were actually quite good, but I would like to be in a studio surrounded by mirrors, as I need to make sure I do the movements correctly. (Not to admire myself as most of the poses are rather unflattering unless you're very lean and fit and don't wear socks with rubber underneath them.) And it would be good to have a teacher there as well who can guide and instruct in person. 

Reaching 10,000 steps a day is actually a bit more tricky than I first thought. However, with the warmer weather coming our way and the increase of number of hours of daylight, I should be able to improve this. So I keep monitoring my steps and my weight. Which goes up and down, but if nothing else, it shows that the pedometer works and it creates a more interesting graph than one that just goes down, stays still, or moves up...

What I have done / added to my fitness routine is cycling into Zurich city centre and back from here when the weather's good and I have morning therapy. It's about 7 km and takes 20-25 minutes. 

I feel that I've made some progress but know that I could do better. 

On a final note, I would like to show a couple of pictures of the making of what I personally think is the best garlic bread I have EVER tasted. 

The dough has been stretched and shaped into a rectangle.

Cutting and slicing job done and on with the garlic and herb butter.

Bird's view of the buttered slices having been placed in the tin.

Post-bake in tin.

Final result.