I am behind quite a bit in noting our travel and adventures here in Switzerland. I’m trying to slowly but surely catch up, but no promises.
Last August, when my friends from The Netherlands came for a visit, one of the places we explored was Baden. Heath had to work, but the baby, my two friends [...]
Archive for May, 2009
Baden
Posted in Switzerland 2008-2009, tagged baden, switzerland on May 17, 2009 | Comments Off
Burning of the Böögg
Posted in Switzerland 2008-2009, tagged boogg, sechselauten, switzerland, zurich on May 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
OK, so I’m a little behind on this, but in April, my friend Stacy and I went to see the burning of the Böögg in Zürich. The Böögg is a giant snowman that is set alight atop a huge pyre and the length of time that it takes to burn predicts the length of the [...]
Rapperswil
Posted in Switzerland 2008-2009, tagged rapperswil, switzerland on May 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We went to Rapperswil a few weeks ago. It is a cute town south of Zurich on the lake. We probably went a little too early in the season, as not all of the trees were yet in bloom. But we got to see a sailboat race, and checked out a neat Polish heritage museum [...]









