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Abroad at Home
Special Post November 3, 2023 It’s a cliché that New Yorkers see and do less in New York CIty than tourists. Odd, since we seem to be saying “been there, done that,” when we might not have really been there or done that, or at least not recently. So for my 74th birthday (today) we…
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Swiss-ful Thinking
Final Post. September 16-17, 2023. First: Farewell to Lisa. Our travel buddy from Road Scholar left Saturday morning to continue on to Nice. Lovely to have been able to connect with her in La Suisse. Second: Saturday, the Day of Rest (to all members of the Tribe: Shana Tovah!). After having driven in serious traffic…
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Post No. 13: Bern. September 16, 2023. Yesterday (9/15) Stef, Lisa and I drove from Zürich to Bern. We parked at the Bahnhof, where they have one of the ubiquitous Bretzelkönig (Pretzel King) shops. We bought one to share, covered with sunflower seeds. A truly superior pretzel, unlike any other we have ever tasted. Bern…
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Post No. 12. Luzern is Lovely the Second Time Around. September 14, 2023 Today was our day to show off to Lisa our new-found familiarity with Luzern. The first stop was the Jesuit Church (Jesuitenkirche), which is the first major Baroque church in Switzerland (c. 1670). The interior was once decorated in Baroque style, but…
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Post No. 11: Out and About in Zürich, Redux. September 13, 2023. I write this on our terrace at 10 Naphthastrasse, in the middle of a lovely evening thunderstorm. The view and sound of the lightning and thunder are glorious. For the first time in 12 days, little chilly here, but what the hell. The…
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Post No. 10: Zug September 12, 2023 I wanted to see the town of Zug in part because Zug has a Kunstmuseum with a collection of some of my favorite artists, Shiele, Klee, Klimt, Kokoschka. We should have known something might be awry when we looked up Zug in Rick Steves’ guide, and found that…
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Post No. 9: Beautiful Downtown Zürich September 11, 2023. Yesterday, Sunday, was a day of rest for this writer and his editor. Today, we followed Rick Steves’ walking tour of the Altstadt (Old Town). But first lunch. Son-in-law Neil had given us a tip regarding the restaurant Haus Hiltl. In 1898, so we’re told, Ambrosius…
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Blogeintrag Nr. 8. Rapperswil-Jona; Markthalle IM Viadukt September 9, 2023. After all the driving over the past two days, we wanted something closer to home. Stef had marked down a town about a half-hour outside of Zürich, called Rapperswil-Jona, as having a lovely Schloß (castle) and a rose garden, and other charming features. We headed…
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Septième Poste. Turckheim et le retour à Zürich. Le 8 Septembre, 2023. The morning was fairly leisurely: breakfast and packing up for the 20-minute drive westward into Alsatian wine country. Of the many towns on the Route des Vins (some say Route du Vin), we picked Turckheim. The Route runs for 90 miles; the region’s…
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Sixième Poste. Strasbourg Le 7 Septembre, 2023. We left the car in Colmar today. Walked to the Gare Colmar-Saint-Joseph and took the train to Strasbourg, easy-peasy 30-minute ride. Strasbourg feels like a giant Colmar, but less touristy and more authentic. There are lots of canals with bridges festooned with flowers: We walked from the Gare…
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