Best wishes to all! and stay healthy - do not go out, if you must then stay away from others, wear gloves and masks, and disinfect, and wash hands frequently.

Join a chat on WhatsApp to talk to other members, follow the link www.tinyurl.com/ICB-Helping

Sunday: probably no-one will join others for a walk tomorrow - it will be cold, and we must maintain social distancing, meaning 2 meters between us. Reply on chat www.tinyurl.com/ICB-Hiking if you are interested in walks and hikes when it gets warmer.

Sunday: How about watching Asterix (on SF2 at 13:35) instead? And you can watch movies "simultaneously at home" with other club members and talk about them on a WhatsApp chat - join www.tinyurl.com/ICB-Movies to find out more.

Sunday: summer time starts! You lose an hour of sleep, it will be later than you think!

If you like reading books, join the chat www.tinyurl.com/ICB-Sophie to choose the next books and plan the next meetings. These will be held online using Skype. Probably you use this already to talk with distance relatives, or you can ask for help.

We must also hold the club meetings online. To plan the next one, on non-violent communication, you should join the chat www.tinyurl.com/ICB-Meeting. At the meeting after this, Joseph Thudianplakal will tell us about visiting India. And at a later meeting, we will talk about the Silk Road.

We can still stay active, communicating by phone and by post and online by chat and email.  If you would like to talk to someone, call me or Nazanin or Ulrike, see on page 2 of the Newsletter for the contacts. There are many groups in Berne which offer shopping help, you can ask about this by joining  www.tinyurl.com/ICB-Helping. You can also chat in German or French or Spanish in the Cafè groups, see page 7 of the Newsletter.

Meetings are in general cancelled, due to the corona virus precautions.

Walks and hikes will occasionally continue. Join the WhatsApp group on https://chat.whatsapp.com/Lh1g0xKDbeGDEjwdLGFdov

• Café Español

  Thursday 5th March 2020 at 2:30pm - 4pm

  Location: Café Littéraire, Stauffacher’s, Neuengasse 25-37

• T.G.I.F! (Thank Goodness It’s Friday)

  Friday, 6th March 2020 at 6:30pm - 8:30pm

  Location: Domino Restaurant, Schwanengasse 3

  Reservation necessary

• Wine Tasting – Primitivo vs Zinfandel

  Saturday, 7th March 2020 at 7pm - 10 pm
  Reservation necessary

• Hike Tiefenau and the Enge Peninsula 

  Sunday, 8th March 2020 at 10am

  Location: Treffpunkt at the Berne railway station

• Café Italiano

  Tuesday, 10th March 2020 at 7:30pm - 9pm

  Location: LeseBar, Münstergasse 61, 3011 Bern

• Café Français

  Wednesday, 11th March 2020 at 7pm, Wednesday, 8th April 2020 at 7pm

  Location: Bärenhöfli, Zeughausgasse 41

• Museum Night

  Friday, 20th March 2020 at 6:30pm

  Location: Meet at Heilliggeist Church at 19:00 (opposite Loeb)

• CHTOUR Visit to Basel

  Saturday, 21st March 2020 at 8:30am - 7pm

  Location: Meet at the Treffpunkt in Basel station at 09:45
  Reservation necessary

• BOGA

  Sunday, 22nd March 2020 at 1:45pm

  Location: Palm House of the Botanical Gardens (BOGA)

  Botanical Gardens Tour

• Club Meeting

  Tuesday, 24th March 2020 at 7pm - 9:30pm

  Location: Cheminee Room of the Bruder Klaus Church (tram 7 stop Burgernziel)

• Sophie Book Group

  Wednesday, 25th March 2020 at 5pm

  
   

• Café Español

  Thursday 5th March 2020 at 2:30pm - 4pm

  Location: Café Littéraire, Stauffacher’s, Neuengasse 25-37

  Where               Café Littéraire, Stauffacher’s, Neuengasse 25-37

• T.G.I.F! (Thank Goodness It’s Friday)

  Friday, 6th March 2020 at 6:30pm - 8:30pm

  Location: Domino Restaurant, Schwanengasse 3

  T.G.I.F! (Thank Goodness It’s Friday)

• Wines

  Saturday, 7th March 2020 at 7pm

  Location: to be notified

  Wine Tasting – Primitivo vs Zinfandel

• Hike

  Sunday, 8th March 2020 at 10am

  Location: Treffpunkt at the Berne railway station

  Hike – Tiefenau and the Enge

• Café Italiano

  Tuesday, 10th March 2020 at 7:30pm - 9pm, Tuesday, 7th April 2020 at 7:30pm - 9pm, Tuesday, 21st April 2020 at 7:30pm - 9pm

  Location: LeseBar, Münstergasse 61, 3011 Bern

• Café Français

  Wednesday, 11th March 2020 at 7pm, Wednesday, 8th April 2020 at 7pm

  Location: Bärenhöfli, Zeughausgasse 41

• Museum Night

  Friday, 20th March 2020 at 6:30pm

  Location: Meet at Heilliggeist Church at 19:00 (opposite Loeb)

• CHTOUR

  Saturday, 21st March 2020 at 8:30am - 7pm

  Location: Meet at the Treffpunkt in Basel station at 09:45

  CHTOUR Cultural Visit to Basel

• BOGA

  Sunday, 22nd March 2020 at 1:45pm

  Location: Palm House of the Botanical Gardens (BOGA)

  Botanical Gardens Tour

• Club Meeting

  Tuesday, 24th March 2020 at 7pm - 9:30pm

  Location: Cheminee Room of the Bruder Klaus Church (tram 7 stop Burgernziel)

• Sophie Book Group

  Wednesday, 25th March 2020 at 5pm

  Location: Time and place to be determined

  When     Wednesday, 29 January

ICB activities in March:

Sunday 9 11:00 Art Museum guided tour

Sunday 9 14:00 afternoon walk on the Gurten

Tuesday 11 19:30 Italian Café at LeseBar in Münstergasse

Wednesday 12 19:30 French Café and various "other activities"

Friday 14 at 20:00 Valentines Party at www.englishclub.ch

Sunday 16 Walk Beatenberg and Panaroma swim

Thursday 20 visit to Forever Young and English tea time

Sunday 23 11:30 Philo Cafe and 14:00 Walk & Talk

Tuesday 25 19:00 Club discussion meeting

Wednesday 26 17:00 Sophie book discussion group

Thursday 27 18:00 German Café

ICB activities in March:
Friday 7 TGIF
Saturday 8 trip - ask Graham
Sunday 9 11:00 Art Museum guided tour
Sunday 9 14:00 afternoon walk
Tuesday 11 19:30 Italian Café LeseBar in Münstergasse
Wednesday 12 19:30 French Café
Wednesday 12 various "other activities"
Friday 14 at ESCB Valentines Party
Sunday 16 Walk Beatenberg and Panaroma swim
Thursday 20 visit to Forever Young and English tea time
Sunday 23 14:00 Walk & Talk
Tuesday 25 19:00 Club discussion meeting
Wednesday 26 17:00 Sophie book discussion group

Thursday 27 18:00 German Café

Friday and Saturday evenings: dancing

Sunday 26: 2:00pm - Walk & Talk in the city- Meet at the Old Tram Depot

Sunday 26: 4:00 pm tennis, 6:30 pm badminton

Monday 27: 6:00 pm Burns night at the Pickwick; 6:45 pm Toastmasters

Wednesday 29 at 6:00 pm,  Sophie Book Group discusses the book "Becoming" by Michelle Obama. Open to all members who have read and want to discuss htis book;  contact Graham if you are interested. We are now accepting proposals for the further books to be read this year.

Thursday 30 at 6:00pm - German Café

See page 6 and 7 of the Newsletter about joining the different activities which we organise through WhatsApp.