Spring is coming!

Technically spring started today but it did not feel like it unlike last week which was very spring like indeed. In fact most of these photos were taken last week so you can see it was just a lovely spring week!

Have a lovely week!

365 Photo Challenge Days 130 to 139

Day 130: Wednesday 15th Feb - Returning to Zurich from Copenhagen

Day 131: Thursday 16th Feb - This is on the main station in Zurich

Day 132: Friday 17th Feb - Along the Limmat in Zurich

Day 133: Saturday18th Feb - Mighty lion

Day 134: Sunday 19th Feb - getting ready for a jaunt on the lake

Day 135: Monday 20th Feb - Back in the limelight!

Day 136: Tuesday 21st Feb - Zurich tram stop

Day 137: Wednesday 22nd Feb - Fancy dress shop in Horgen

Day 138: Thursday 23rd Feb - Sleeping Beauty!

Day 139: Friday 25th Feb - Gin!

It has been a lovely week weather wise, Spring has arrived a little early but no complaints about that! This weekend will be busy, it is the Women`s March in Zurich tomorrow afternoon and I will be going along with Alessio. We plan to see the movie Kong Skull Island which Alessio really wants to see and on Sunday morning he possibly has a football match too. As long as the weather is good we will hopefully spend as much time outside!

What are your plans? Whatever they are, have a super weekend!

Fasnacht Parade in Wädenswil

Fasnacht (carnival) is finished for another year and this year as usual we went with nearly all the children in the daycare to see the parade in Wädenswil. On the Monday it is always for the kids, so all the kids were got dressed up. It starts around 2.15pm and it can be really noisy but just about all our kids seemed to cope with the noise. There were lots of great costumes, floats and music,  which is just what you want during a Fasnacht parade.

This was really the only one I have seen this year, I got a glimpse of the one in Zurich but Alessio did not really want to stop and see it. I guess we are both not big fans!

Have a great week!

365 Photo Challenge Days 118 to 129

Day 118: Friday 3rd Feb - Dinner time

Day 119: Saturday 4th Feb - Tram in Zurich

Day 120: Sunday 5th Feb - Snow capped mountain from Zurich

Day 121: Monday 6th Feb - Alessio painted this! Proud mum!

Day 122: Tuesday 7th Feb - Walk at the lake

Day 123: Wednesday 8th Feb - Travelling bug!

Day 124: Thursday 9th Feb - Reading in bed!

Day 125: Friday 10th Feb - Posters in the city

Day 126: Saturday 11th Feb - Dinner in Iceland

Day 127: Sunday 12th Feb - Sign in Reykjavik

Day 128: Monday 13th Feb - Icelandic landscape

Day 129: Tuesday 14th Feb - Alessio and the troll!

I am a bit behind on the photo challenge, so here is the latest batch of photos! The last couple of days we have had no internet, but all is good now thank goodness! It just shows me how much I count on it for checking out what is happening in the world!

Have a great weekend!

February Reading List

I read 7 books in February and two were for my reading challenge!

The Vegetarian by Han Kang, this book won the International Man Booker award in 2016. It certainly was not my favorite book in this pile. It was a bit strange to say the least, well I thought so!

Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler, I did enjoy this book quite a lot, it is a re-writing of Taming of The Shrew by Shakespeare.

Songs of the Skylark by Erica James, I really enjoyed this book, set in two different periods telling two stories related to each other.

Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name by Vendela Vida, this book I thought would be interesting as I was going to Iceland and hoped to see the Northern Lights (which I did not by the way) it was okay but nothing special.

The Rat Stone Serenade by Denzil Meyrick, this is the 4th book in the series and I really like it, although I have not read the 2nd and 3rd ones.

A Brief Affair by Margaret Leroy, I seem to be reading books which are partly or competely set during WWII. This one is set in London and during the blitz.

Black Rabbit Hall by Eve Chase, this one is set in Cornwall and London spanning many decades and it was very good!


For my reading challenge I got two letter C and T, the two new authors were Eve Chase and Anne Tyler.


So links to check out:

It is hard to imagine that so kids have never bought any books but World Book Day helped in this regard

Barack Obama and Michelle get book deals!

Alec Baldwin has been awesome as pretending to be President Trump now he will co-write a satirical book with another writer.

Hermance, Switzerland

In September last year I went to Geneva for the weekend with my parents, one of the places we visited was a lovely village called Hermance. This village is right on the border to France and on Lac Léman (Lake Geneva). It was a gorgeous village and which had typically flowers sprouting out all over the place. I am envious of houses with lots of flowers and plants everywhere as it looks amazing. We did not spend a lot of time as we had to get back to Geneva and get the train back home, but enough for a walk around looking at all the houses, buildings and the church, we also managed a spot of lunch.

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!