April 20th 2005
Isola Bella
Lake Maggiore is a long body of water that extends to the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
Isola Bella is one of the three islands on the lake.
The gardens of Isola Bella
Archive for April 20th, 2005
April 20th 2005
Spring Festival in Zurich
We were in Zurich for a day on our way home from my husband’s Belgian assignment. That day couldn’t have been luckier because they were celebrating their spring festival, Zechseläuten. There was a colorful parade of costumes and of the different guilds from the cheese, wine, livestock, etc industries. The parade ended to the bonfire where the “Böögg” (a snowman effigy representing the “Old Man of Winter”) is burned at 6pm, sharp.
The procession of the guilds
we saw the Böögg and its platform of tree branches being assembled in the morning.
the snowman ragged doll is bedecked with firecrackers which kept on exploding while it burned..
still the burning snowman..couldn’t really see it well because i was very very small and the Swiss are giants!
Time for cake and coffee.
Cool! You choose the patisserie you want and they will serve it to you in the cafe section which is in another room. We ordered apple strudel which is a must-have when in Zurich.
According to several surveys in 2006 and 2007, Zürich was named the city with the “best quality of life” in the world.
