Tag: switzerland
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Basel food diary: Zum Schmale Wurf
We went up to Basel for the weekend to see the Basel Tattoo (see earlier post here). We came upon Zum Schmale Wurf (“ZSW”) by chance and were pleased with our meal. ZSW is an Italian restaurant in a row of restaurants located on the Klein Basel side of the Rhine. It is at a rather touristy…
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Schaulager, Basel
While we were in Basel for a weekend to see the military band performances, the Basel Tattoo, we spent Sunday morning checking out this museum. Schaulager is one of the more enigmatic art museums which we have visited. The word “Schaulager” means “show-warehouse” which is consistent with the museum’s philosophy of storing and at the same…
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Basel Tattoo 2015
We went up to Basel for a weekend in July to see this annual musical festival. Sue has always been interested in marching band and drum line. So this event is perfect. We found a bunch of Youtube videos of the performances uploaded by others. Some are now embedded below, don’t miss them. Music, choreography, fireworks and…
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Our 600th post !
We are caught a bit off guard when the admin page of WordPress indicated that our next post will be the six hundredth (600th) that we published. As previously said several times, we are surprised that the interest in keeping up this blog has not fizzled out over the last 5 years. True it is, that we…
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Canola, Colza, Rapeseed
In many parts of Europe, including Switzerland, April and May is the season for this plant which produces flowers with an intense yellow color. The plant is known as canola, colza, rapeseed or in Latin – Brassica. It is a member of the Cruciferous (Brassicaceae) family, sometimes referred to as the mustard family. The name “cruciferous”comes from the shape…
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Glacier 3000 in mid-summer, Les Diablerets
This was a visit we made a while back with our friend YS who came in July. We went hiking on the first day to Lac Liosin (click here for great pictures of the mountain lake). And on the second day, we went to Les Diablerets. Setting off from Leysin (where we stayed overnight), we drove back onto Route…