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Private Fun Facts

I have a twin sister and she was born fifteen minutes after me.

As children we were absolutely inseparable!

black & white photo of twin female toddlers
Cornelia & ich, 1969
Twins

Her name is Cornelia and she is my closest reference person.
I cannot imagine a life without her as a person of my heart, best friend, ally and confidant -
I'm extremely happy to have her!

Cornelia & I, 2009

As a child I loved Schlager and was a big fan of Rex Gildo and Lena Valaitis. After schooI I used to listen to pop records for hours.

Lena Valaitis 1974 Cover
Rex Gildo cover
drawing of clown handstand comics from Ted Scapa

Image source: Ted Scapa

When I was 10, I entered a Ted Scapa* painting competition

won the 2nd prize 🤗

The big box of colored pencils accompanied me for a long time in my early days as a little artist.

Unfortunately I no longer have the original drawing. The clown looked something like this

*CH -NL artist (* 1931 Amsterdam - ✝ 1923 Bern)

I was once seen on the catwalk as a hair model at a fashion show. My mother's hairdresser hired me. It was my last experience as a model. I would never put myself through this stress behind the scenes again.

black & white photo of the artist Beatrice Del Conte 1983

Vending machine photo 1983

Fextal in the Engadine, Watercolor 2018

In the summer of 1984, I spent two weeks doing agricultural service in Zillis GR and helped with haymaking on a mountain pasture.

Without running water in the house and with the toilet outside next to the barn, I was closer to nature than ever before. Unforgettable!

Fextal in the Engadine, 2018 © Beatrice Del Conte

I had been a big fan of Peter Reber since my hotel internship in Interlaken in 1985 and ordered an autographed CD from him.

 

Whenever I hear his songs, they remind me of that time; cheerful, careless and every day was big adventure!

Peter Reber signierte CD

Die von Peter Reber mit  "Für Bea - syt 1985" signierte CD

Buch Das Mondpferd
Autograph Federica de Cesco

I've read almost all of Federica de Cesco 's young adult books. When I was working as a hotel receptionist in Lucerne, she was a guest one day for a reading.

I brought my favorite book and asked her for an autograph. She signed it with great care and a small drawing.

In the early 1990s I seriously considered emigrating to Australia.

I really liked the country and its people! But without my twin sister? Never!

Burleigh Heads

The beach at Burleigh Heads, Queensland

Farbfoto Agenda Fatzer Verlag

For over 30 years I have been keeping the small, fine agenda from Fatzer-Verlag, where I still enter important dates, birthdays and holidays by hand.

An electronic agenda confuses me and is out of the question for me.

I love all kinds of truffles , especially those with alcohol: rum truffles, Baileys truffles, cognac, Grand Marnier... absolutely delicious!

I like everything with chocolate and love baking brownies. See recipe in my Blog

Choclate Selection

(Foto: Pixabay)

Bea Blog

My favorite color

is

🌸 ROSA 🌸

My favourite drink is Rosé Prosecco which I enjoy most in the company of dear friends.

You can find even more fun facts on theblog .

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