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The Walls in the Mall…

Posted in Switzerland 2008-2009, tagged , , on October 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

…are like totally totally tall, for sure, dude.
Only members of my immediate family will get that joke. But I thought of it today when I ventured into a Swiss version of a shopping mall in Zurich with my friend Stacy today.
Most shopping can be found in shops in a city’s center. A bakery can be [...]

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Zürcher Limmatschwimmen

Posted in Switzerland 2008-2009, tagged , , , , , , , on September 9, 2009 | 4 Comments »

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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Burning of the Böögg

Posted in Switzerland 2008-2009, tagged , , , 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 [...]

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