row row row your boat am Seealpsee

our fall weekend destination: Berggasthaus Forelle am Seealpsee
finally, there's room available in the guesthouse and Mommy can walk normally. It is one hour hike from the base - Wasseruen to the Seealpsee elevation 1143.2m. Daddy was great - he pushed me all the way up, I was sleepy and didn't want to walk. My loyal bugaboo again succesffully made it up to another Swiss moutain top. The last one was Kleine Scheidegg el. 2061 m.
After a good night sleep, I was all ready to walk down the mountain by myself. In the afternoon, Daddy went to try paragliding with Flugschule appenzell. His instructor Adi is very experienced. He hold a record of cross country paragliding to Italy in 5 hours. It was a thrilling experience for Daddy. It must feel great to fly like a bird . . .

Alpine girl

my Oktoberfest diet

schweinshaxe and beer




did you know in 2004 Oktoberfest . . .

Visitors: 6.5 million
Beer: appr. 68.6170 hl + 2.000 hl of non-alkoholic beer
Wine: 33.358 litres
Sparkling wine: 24.952 bottles
Coffee, tea: 338.661 cups
Water, lemonade: 514.880 bottles
Chicken: 481.649 units
Pork sausages: 179.889 pairs
Fish: 47.700 kg
Pork knuckles: 560,089 units
Oxen: 95 units

they can count my 1/3 pork knuckle, 1 pretzel and 1/5 l of non-alkoholic beer in for year 2007

roadtrip - destination

München Oktoberfest

day 6: München
day 7: Marienplatz, Deutches Museum, English Garten
day 8: Theresienwiese

roadtrip - part two

Salzburg and Chiemsee

day 4: Salzburg
day 5: Chiemsee

roadtrip - part one

Roadtrip with Grandpa

Day 1: Zurich - Bregenz - Füssen
Day 2: Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau, Kloster Ettal
Day 3: Linderhof, Zugspitze, Mittenwald, Innsbruk

Grandpa and me at Zurich's oldest carosel

playing puzzel with Grandpa

Grandpa goes to school

we walked Grandpa from his old apartment (33 Kreuzstrasse) to ETH. He showed us where his old lab was.

Vienna with Grandpa

Wien

we have a full schedule, visiting the palaces and attend operas.
My very first opera experience - Marionettentheater Kinderzauberflöte.
Grandpa, Mommy and Daddy went to see Verdi's Simon Boccanegra and Mozart's Magic Flute at the Weiner Stadtopera

Explore. Dream. Discover - Mark Twain

For a 2.8 year old, I have covered many miles, well, kilometers, now that I live in Europe. Many people said - "she is not going to remember!" You never know . . .

The church bells wake me up in the morning, the soft grass is my gym-mat, my pets? the adorable cows with bells who also make the best milk, ice cream, chocolate and cheese in the world. A child can not be happier here. How can I describe Switzerland?

Someone once said if she would use one word to describe Switzerland's blue skies, white peaks, green hills, shimmering lakes and cheerful hikers and 'wholesome' fits.

"Wholesome is not letting your kids watch TV and slicing your own fresh loaf of nutty wheat bread. Wholesome is creamy, fatty dairy products from pretty brown and white spotted cows with giant, clanging bells around their necks. Wholesome is daily trips to the market, buying farm fresh, hormone-free eggs and toting them home in your own basket or canvas bag. Wholesome is Switzerland."

~ AKA Nina