St. Gallen and Switzerland appreciation

This weekend we decided to get out and appreciate some Switzerland. On Saturday we hopped on a train to St. Gallen, a city in the eastern part of the country. We chose St. Gallen because 1) we had never been there, 2) we had heard it was cute, and 3) it was only an hour … Read more

Who knew?

Since I wrote this post a mere month ago, “peeing” has become one of the 20 most frequently-used search terms for finding this blog. Usually it’s in a combination of search terms, such as “peeing often after drinking”, “peeing art”, or the ever-popular “Japanese peeing”. Now I’m not some naïve farm girl or anything… I’ve … Read more

Resolving

I feel like I’ve been down on Zurich for a while now. It started in the summer, with the ridiculously hot weather (and total lack of air conditioning), and just never quite recovered. I was looking forward to a cold, snowy winter to renew my love of this little country, but instead I’ve been given … Read more

Es guets neus!

Despite the rain, last night we ventured out with the rest of Zurich to go see the New Year’s fireworks display over the lake. After dinner at home (restaurants in Zurich get even more expensive on New Year’s Eve, with set meals starting at around CHF 80, not including alcohol), we headed to the tram … Read more