Rote Fabrik

Saturday afternoon saw Alessio and myself at the Rote Fabrik (Red Factory) I parked the car a bit away and walked there by the lake. There is a new walkway over the lake from the area where the Restaurant Seerose is situated. It means you can walk from there all the way to Zurich by the lake, it will be a nice walk to do.

In the meanwhile we wondered around the Rote Fabrik, Alessio played at the playground and we looked at all the street art. There is a restaurant called Ziegel oh LAC, we had a look inside and it looks alright, but we didn`t eat anything.

Colour Gourds

Like possibly many other people, I have been watching the news since I woke up this morning and heard about what had happened in Paris over night. My thoughts go out to the families and friends of the people that have lost there lives in these deadly attacks.

Photo of the Week - Sherlock Holmes

Back in September while my parents were visiting we did a day trip to Reichenbach waterfalls, Meiringen and the Aare Gorge. The town of Meiringen is famous for Sherlock Holmes, as are the waterfalls. There is a museum about him and these statue is situated near to the museum. We did not visit the museum so cannot say if it is worth a visit. I can say that the town of Meiringen was very nice and we enjoyed walking around.

Weekend Happenings!

This weekend was quite a busy one including the Friday which I think was the busiest day of them all!

Saturday started off with another early football match for Alessio at 7.45am, the night before we were invited for dinner so therefore I was feeling a bit more tired than usual. The match was not a great success for his team and yet again I will not put up the score as it was worse than two weeks ago!

In the afternoon Alessio had a birthday party and I took advantage of the free time to pop into Zurich and get some Christmas presents for my family. As usual there was the flea market which will eventually go indoors when it gets really cold!

Sunday I went to see the new James Bond film Spectre, which is really very good! Beforehand I meandered around some parts of Zurich which I hardly ever see! The super weather we are having is just amazing considering it is November, so it was lovely to enjoy these areas of Zurich!

Hope you all had a great weekend! And a good start to the week!

Autumn Sights!

Pumpkin field

Bächlihof

Chestnuts

Autumn colours

Kew Gardens

Chestnut tree in Kew Gardens

Kew Gardens

Colourful Pumpkins

Halloween Fun!

Autumn is my favorite season, I like the colours of the leaves and the fact that is not too hot anymore! There is usually a lot on during the autumn months, harvest, Halloween and in Switzerland it is lantern time (rabeliechtli). This happens in November many towns have parades, it is a turnip hollowed out with designs on it. The one in Richterswil is well known, this year it will take place on Saturday 14th November, definitely worth seeing if you have not seen it!

Halloween is still not a big thing in Switzerland, so there is not so much to buy if you are wanting to celebrate. I had a party last weekend and that was fun!

As I mentioned in my last post about the brave squirrel I saw in Brighton, I also saw quite a few in Kew Gardens too!

The two pumpkin farms we visited also has lots of lovely autumn sights from the selection of pumpkins and other types, haystacks for the kids and good food.

There are usually lots of chestnut sellers in Switzerland they start in September and carry on until March!

Hope you are all having a great weekend!

Photo of the Week - Squirrel on the Move

Photo of the week is from the day we spent in Brighton during our trip to London in October. As we were wondering around the town centre, I spied this chap rather bravely crossing the street. He did not seem to care that there were buses, cars, bikes and vans all on the street going about their business. We were all amazed and followed him around trying to get a good shot of him, he then went into a garden area and then we saw more squirrels. I am used to squirrels running up a tree as soon as a person comes in their path. I guess these squirrels have gotten used to people!

Pumpkin Pie

I cannot believe that it is already November, the last few months have gone by really fast. I always think that November and December go fast anyway too!

I just want to briefly to mention how the Halloween party went last Saturday, and I can safely say it went really well!

Lots of people came, lots of good outfits, lots of drinks and just lots of fun! I did in fact make pumpkin pie and it is real easy to do!

The recipe is from BBC website, I did change something in the recipe, instead of milk I used double cream. I also added ginger too, and it tasted really good! I did ask some people too for proof!

Hope you had a fun Halloween night!