A few weeks ago, we were one of a lucky few to get to participate in something that is only done once a year, primarily by local citizens – float down the river that runs through the middle of Zürich, the Limmat. Normally swimming in the Limmat River is verboten – forbidden – with the [...]
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Zürcher Limmatschwimmen
Posted in Switzerland 2008-2009, tagged float, limmat, limmat river, limmat river float, Limmatschwimmen, river, switzerland, zurich on September 9, 2009 | 4 Comments »
German humor…
Posted in Switzerland 2008-2009, tagged german, language, switzerland on September 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On one of our trips back to the states, we bought a card box with 1,000 German words, similar in size and style to the cards used for Pictionary or Trivial Pursuit. While we are eating, we pinch out about a dozen cards and study them. We’d also been watching some cartoons in German earlier [...]
Basel: Museums and the Dreiländereck
Posted in Switzerland 2008-2009, tagged basel, Dreiländereck, switzerland on September 3, 2009 | 2 Comments »
A visiting friend, Pat, and I went to the town of Basel last month while Heath stayed home with the baby (a very nice break for me, since I’m almost never without my toddler for very long). Situated on the Rhine at the edge of northwestern Switzerland where France and Germany meet, it has been [...]
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