Christmas Market at Jucker Farm

At the end of November Alessio and I went to the Christmas market at Jucker farm, as usual it was busy and lots going on!

There was stall after stall of lovely things to buy and I was tempted at times, in the end I bought 3 wooden St.Nikolas ornaments which already put up as a photo of the week post.

Alessio spent a while playing on the giant haystack and found a friend to buddy up. We ate sausages and bread and of course I had some mulled wine, they had a whole pig on a spit if you fancied that!

It was all very Christmasy and cozy looking, with lots of fires to warm yourself up, when it got dark it looked even better. We stayed until nearly 6pm as it was getting colder, it was quite hard to get Alessio away from the playground.

They had on offer camel riding and husky dog sledding but Alessio was not interested in either of them, the husky dogs looked really cute though.

It was only on that weekend, but check out their website for any other events that may happen next year.

Photo of the Week - Finger in the Park

This photo is taken in the grounds of the 5 star hotel Baur au lac in Zurich, everytime I go into the city I pass this hotel and the grounds. I see the art pieces and always think that I have to walk past and take a photo of this art work in particular. It really caught my eye and I like it a lot! I checked on their website and the artist is called Nikolai Winter, there are other pieces too,  if you fancy checking it out!

Let it Snow! Let it Snow!

All these photos have been taken in the last week since we got the first snowfall last Sunday. It has been snowing off and on all week, but Friday afternoon was really quite bad (well at least for me). I am still not used to driving in the snow as I only have had my license for less than 2 years, so it has been a little scary at times.

It certainly has been lovely to see all the snow and Zurich has been looking very wintery and Christmasy all at the same time. I suppose the big question is will it snow for Christmas, it would be nice but hopefully we get a break in between though.

Alessio has been having a great time with the snow, in fact throwing snowballs has become his favorite new hobby!

New Shoe Store in Zurich!

Back around mid november I was in Zurich meeting my friend Arlene, we met outside this new shoe store called NÃO.  We talked to the owner and he gave us some information about this brand of shoe. It is in a really nice part of Zurich which I like to walk around, the store used to be an antique jewellers.  

The brand is NÃO Do Brazil and the shoes are made in an area in Brazil called Minas Gervais and each shoe is hand crafted and hand sewn, also made from recycled and recovered materials. All the shoes are really very colourful and look really cool, in fact I would have a hard time just trying to choose one pair.

Although when you walk in, you just see row after row of shoes and you may think how will I pick a pair out, but each size has its own row, this makes it easier to choose.

I will definitely be getting a pair for the spring just hope I can choose just one!

Photo of the Week - 3 Santas!

It seemed a good idea to put up this photo as tomorrow is December 6th and lots of children will get a visit from St.Nikolaus. He is coming to our daycare and on Friday, Alessio is going in the forest and hopes to meet him. He bring each child a small bag full of chocolate, mandarines, nuts and gingerbread. He also will tell the children all the good things they have done and then what they can do to improve themselves!

I bought these 3 chaps at the Christmas market at Jucker farm at the end of November (post still to come). I thought they looked very cute and plus they only cost 5ch each, it seemed like a good deal. They are out in my garden (hope they do not feel too cold).

Lucerne by Night

The first weekend in November I went to Lucerne for the weekend with my friend Aimee, we stayed in a hotel. The old town of Lucerne is lovely with many fascinating buildings to look at and lots of interesting streets to wander along. This is post is mainly about how Lucerne looks at night, I love to see cities at night. It is just a pity that my camera is not so great or I am not so good at taking night photos.

The last photo is taken from a bar called, Suite & Lounge it is in a hotel, very near to the train station. You take the lift to the 7th floor and have brilliant views of the city, there is a roof terrace which is where I took the photo, although at this time of year it may be a bit chilly!!

St.Andrews Cathedral

When I go back to Scotland for visits I always spend a day in St.Andrews, I lived here as a child and again as a young adult so it has lots of memories for me. Also my grandparents lived here too and I often visited them. Since today is St.Andrews Day, the patron saint of Scotland it seemed like a good idea to do a post on St.Andrews Cathedral.

We stopped by the Cathedral ruins as there is lots of space for Alessio to run around, there were quite a number of visitors in spite of the cold day.

St.Andrews Cathedral was the largest in Scotland, the building started around 1160 and in 1318 is was consecrated by Robert the Bruce. The large square tower you see in some of the photos is St.Rule Tower and if you want or able you can climb the 156 stairs and get a great view.

Even now with only ruins it is still impressive so I can only imagine how amazing it looked when it was completed.

Happy St.Andrews Day to you all!