A Visit to the Greifensee!

Fantastic view of Mountains

Heron in the reeds!

Granny with Alessio

While my parents were visiting we did a lovely walk part of the way around the Griefensee. To walk around the lake is 18km which would take roughly 4.5 hours. A bit too much for us, although it would be a great walk!

I drove and we parked very near to the lake at Niederuster from there we walked around to the other side to Maur.

The walk was very pleasant, we walked around a nature protected area for many birds. In fact we saw quite a few storks and some herons. There is a observation station for those people who are more into bird-watching. Since it was Good Friday there were plenty of people walking, jogging and of course on the lake.

Sort of halfway around our walk there is kiosk selling some sandwiches and soup, but we decided to carry on until we reached Maur. We were really in need of a sit down and some yummy food, before we caught a boat back to Niederuster.

That was certainly enough walking for us that day, back to the car and home!

Tokyo at Night!

Shibuya

Tokyo Government Office

Shinjuku

Over a month since the trip to Japan and still got lots of posts to do, but this one is all about Tokyo at night. To be honest seeing Tokyo at night was one of the most exciting parts of the whole trip. At times I could have just sat in a bar and looked, it was just amazing.

The first evening we walked to see the Tokyo Tower, another evening we explored Shibuya Crossing, another evening we visited the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Offices where there is an observation floor. We had a quick wonder around Shinjuku which is called a city in a city.

All the sights we saw in Tokyo were really amazing and really great.

Ballenberg Open Air Museum

During the first long weekend we had in May, Alessio and I visited the Swiss Open-Air Museum called Ballenberg. Situated in the beautiful Canton of Berne, very near to Brienz surrounded by stunning scenery.

Over the years along with my parents we are visited numerous open-air museum in Norway, Denmark and Southern Germany. We have always found them very interesting and for kids quite educational too. I had already been here before but at least 10 years ago, so another visit was definitely on the cards.

From all the Cantons in Switzerland there are examples of the different types of houses, barns, bakehouses, stables, chapels, and not only that they have plenty of animals and craftsmen giving demonstrations of how certain things are made. For instance we saw a man who was showing to make rope.

Inside the buildings are also very interesting to see, from living rooms, bedrooms, kitchens, cellars, schools, hairdressers and much more. There are around 100 buildings to visit, there are plenty of places to eat, bring a picnic or grill and really enjoy a whole day here.

Madrid Words!

I was in Madrid this past weekend, my sister came from Scotland and we had a great 4 days exploring Madrid. It has been a while since I have done a post like this, I really liked the street names they looked very nice made with ceramic tiles. Seeing all the photos now on the computer, I should have taken much more!!