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Dipping Our Toes in Lake Zürich
September 10 and 17, 2016 Ok, so this title is a little misleading. When Grant and I first got to Zürich, we met someone from London who had written down her top 10 favorite things to do around the c... Read More
Lost in Translation: Sausage Ad
Whoa now. This is an ad for a natural Swiss sausage brand. The product is called “Saucisson Vaudois”, or Waldensian sausage (according to Google Translate) The best VD from the west... Read More
Restaurant Review: Swiss Chuchi Fondue
September 17, 2016 (Zurich, Switzerland) Melted cheese, fluffy bread, and fresh vegetables… the only thing that could get better is to combine all this together. When Grant and I told people we were... Read More
Afternoon Trip to Rheinfall Waterfall
August 21, 2016 (Neuhausen am Rheinfall) I thought it would be fun for Grant and I to visit Rheinfall on the first weekend after we arrived in Zurich. I felt compelled to visit this waterfall as it w... Read More
Keeping Dry in Lucerne
October 17, 2016 After the hike, we decided to visit Lucerne, and keep as dry as possible as it already looked like it was going to rain all day. We drove by Mt. Pilatus lined with cable cars zipping ... Read More
Hiking in the Swiss Alps
October 17, 2016 (Lucerne, Switzerland) I’m jumping out of chronological order with this post, but I felt like posting it today. The fog had rolled in and was completely covering Zurich by the t... Read More
Miniature Golfing and Other Adventures in the Black Forest
August 12 – 13, 2016 We woke up near noon, still a little jet-lagged from the Japan flight. J wanted to take me to a nearby town called Tübingen which she said also has a medieval town section ... Read More
Lost in Translation: Japanese Lotion Advertisement
Um . . . ew. From what I am able to discern, this is a skin-tightening lotion product. There is a music video that goes along with it, but they chose to use the image of the girl when she looked like ... Read More