Apple Juice Making

Here it comes!

Into the funnel and glass jar!

Freshly made apple juice

Shop to buy fruit and other stuff too!

One of the trips we did with the kids from work was to visit a fruit farm and see how apple juice is made, also to make some for ourselves. In Wädenswil we took the bus up and got some lovely views of the lake, once at our stop it was a short walk to the farm.

The farmer showed the kids which fruits they grow such as apples, grapes, plums and kiwi to name a few. Then it was time to get ready for the first part of the apple juice making. In field the kids had to pick up lots of apples from the ground and to make sure they were not bruised or just did not look nice! Then they put the apples in a crate, once the farmer said they had collected enough if was over the road and back the farm area again.

Then the kids took turns putting the apples into the machine and turning the wheel so the apples got squashed. Once all the apples had been used they were then pressed with a heavy block of stone and we could see the apple juice coming out.

It was amazing to see how much apple juice the kids made, then they each got a turn to fill up small bottles to take home. And of course to taste the apple juice after all their hard work! And yes it did taste very nice and they all loved it.

I have been on many trips with the kids and they usually always love to go somewhere and have fun. This was an especially good one as they got to see how apple juice is made and the many different processes it has to go through before they get the end product at home.

Photo of the Week - Red Door!

In Scotland during the autumn holidays I was waiting for my mum to come out of church one Sunday and next to it was this door. Not sure if it is a garage or something else, but I liked it!

Riverside Museum Glasgow

Glasgow Tower in the distance

While we were in Scotland in October we spent the day in Glasgow. We visited the Riverside Museum which is situated on the river Clyde. The museum is full of different types of transport from trams, trains, cars, bikes and many others. It also informs the public a bit about Glasgow from the past. It has a cobbled street, some of the old shops which you can go in and a screen that gives information about the place.

Alessio enjoyed himself a lot, outside there is a tall ship which you can go on and see below the deck. There are also great views, you can see the Glasgow tower which we then went on to visit afterwards. The museum last year (2013) had the accolade of being the winner of the European Museum of the year. Also which can be important when visiting a museum it is free to get in, as some museum charge quite a lot for an entrance fee!

The actual building was designed by Zaha Hadid, the Iraqi-British architect, she has also designed the BMW Building in Leipzig, the Guangzhou Opera House and Sheikh Zayed Bridge in Abu Dhabi among the many.

Photo of the Week - Rainbow Time!

Today it has been pouring rain the whole day and miserably cold as well. So give us a bit of colour and warmth I show a rainbow photo. This was taken on the way from Edinburgh airport on our way to Dundee. Rainbows are so lovely to see!

Zurich Film Festival 2014

The 10th Zurich Film Festival took place and as usual there were many celebrities to keep everyone  happy. Some of the famous people that passed through were Cate Blanchett, John Malkovich, Zach Braff, the cast of the film Northmen a Viking Saga, Diane Keaton, Hans Zimmer, Peter Fonda and Rene Russo amongst the many.

Getting tickets for the premieres which has the star and/or director appearing go rather fast, but I somehow managed to get tickets for Automata which starred Antonio Banderas. It was an interesting film and he talked a little beforehand to the audience. Then I also saw the new Liam Neeson film A Walk Among the Tombstones, it was also a good movie, but at times a bit gory! He spoke also beforehand and he spoke quiet softly it was at times hard to hear him.

Anyway it was fun to have a bit of Hollywood in Zurich, lets hope next year is also full of big names.

A Day in Oxford

Trinity College

Hertford Bridge

Trinity College

Jesus College

Jesus College

Sheldonian Theatre

Turl street

Lincoln College

Turl Street

Balliol College (I think)

The Tower of the Five Orders

Radcliffe Camera

Possibly All Souls College?

University Church of St Mary the Virgin

St Johns College

During the summer holiday Alessio and myself along with my parents spent one week in England in The Cotswolds. One of the highlights of that week was the day we spent in Oxford. We all are fans of the TV show Lewis/Morse so we were excited to see some of the sights in Oxford.

Once we arrived and had a coffee we wondered around looking at the many great sights, such as the Ashmolean Museum, the Sheldonian Theatre, Clarendon Building and the Saxon Tower. Our plan was to go on a walking tour of the Oxford colleges which form Oxford University. After a bit of research I managed to find out which colleges I had taken photos of, so hopefully they are right. We also went into the grounds of Wadham College too.

Our tour guide was extremely good, funny and very informative his name was Vinny, sadly cannot remember the name of the actual tour. I would recommend him though!  We visited Balliol College, the Bodleian Library and the Divinity School.  The Divinity school also features in two Harry Potter films as the infirmary where some of the characters recuperate!

We had a late lunch in a pub called The King`s Arm in and our guide came along too for a drink! Then we walked pass the oldest pub in Oxford called The Bear Inn, sadly we did not have enough time for some refreshments.

Photo of the Week - Lovely Door

I saw this door in Seegräben which is where Jucker farm is situated. As we were walking back down to the train station I saw this door. The village is really lovely and has lots of wonderful houses to take many great photos.