Once again I am posting something that happened several months ago. Last May we rode the Felsenegg up the mountain, which is a cableway car located about 10 minutes from our house. Once you reach the top of the mountain, there is a restaurant, playground, several trails, farms, and an incredible view. We rode the cable car up the mountain and then we followed a windy trail across the top of the mountain before following it down towards our house. Click the link below for a slideshow of our trip on the Felsenegg.
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Train
Monday, January 30, 2012
Monday, January 16, 2012
Pumpkin Carving
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I realize that the topic of this post is set in October and its now January. I wish I could say that we have been really busy, but I just haven't felt like writing. Still not really in the mood, but I'm falling behind. Anyway, Halloween is not fully celebrated here in Switzerland. There were a couple of costumes in stores, a few carnivals, but we didn't see any trick-or-treaters. I was informed of several Expat activities, but we kept our halloween low key- Luke isn't real sure what it is anyway.
In our household, we celebrated October by watching the "It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown," eating Kürbis (pumpkin) soup, and carving a pumpkin. To carve our pumpkin, we went to the Jucker Farm in Seegräben. The farm took pumpkins and gourds to a whole new level. They had sculptures made out of various fruits/gourds, a restaurant - which had yummy Kürbis soup, a store, winery, and coffee shop. I enjoyed a pumpkin latte while Luke devoured a Spitzbuben (shortbread cookie with jam). The farm also had several pumpkins you could purchase and carve on site. Luke enjoyed scooping out the meat from the pumpkin- although he didn't like getting it on his hands. After Luke carved the pumpkin he played on a small red tractor- which brought back memories of my brother and I playing on my Grandpa's tractor. Luke also climbed, jumped, and ran through a hay bale maze. The farm also had a petting zoo with rabbits and goats. Unfortunately, the line to get in was extremely long, it was getting cold, and I was ready to head home. Fortunately, leaving without petting the animals was an easy task since we live near a farm with goats and rabbits that Luke can pet on a regular basis.
Hope you enjoy the mini slide show at the top of this post, it has a couple of pictures from our adventure at the Jucker Farm.
I realize that the topic of this post is set in October and its now January. I wish I could say that we have been really busy, but I just haven't felt like writing. Still not really in the mood, but I'm falling behind. Anyway, Halloween is not fully celebrated here in Switzerland. There were a couple of costumes in stores, a few carnivals, but we didn't see any trick-or-treaters. I was informed of several Expat activities, but we kept our halloween low key- Luke isn't real sure what it is anyway.
In our household, we celebrated October by watching the "It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown," eating Kürbis (pumpkin) soup, and carving a pumpkin. To carve our pumpkin, we went to the Jucker Farm in Seegräben. The farm took pumpkins and gourds to a whole new level. They had sculptures made out of various fruits/gourds, a restaurant - which had yummy Kürbis soup, a store, winery, and coffee shop. I enjoyed a pumpkin latte while Luke devoured a Spitzbuben (shortbread cookie with jam). The farm also had several pumpkins you could purchase and carve on site. Luke enjoyed scooping out the meat from the pumpkin- although he didn't like getting it on his hands. After Luke carved the pumpkin he played on a small red tractor- which brought back memories of my brother and I playing on my Grandpa's tractor. Luke also climbed, jumped, and ran through a hay bale maze. The farm also had a petting zoo with rabbits and goats. Unfortunately, the line to get in was extremely long, it was getting cold, and I was ready to head home. Fortunately, leaving without petting the animals was an easy task since we live near a farm with goats and rabbits that Luke can pet on a regular basis.
Hope you enjoy the mini slide show at the top of this post, it has a couple of pictures from our adventure at the Jucker Farm.
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