live in Switzerland now
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 25th, 2008
Took a day trip down to Rapperswil to enjoy the warm weather and sunshine. I think much of Zurich had the same idea. When I arrived I really had no clue what to do, so I just started walking around. Walked the old wooden foot bridge to Hurden, then walked back, then walked all over [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 23rd, 2008
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 19th, 2008
Engelberg was at the top of my list of Swiss ski resorts to check out. I have read good things about it for years, and for good reason – Engelberg is awesome. To get to the top of mountain, my journey went like this: tram – train – train – bus – gondola – gondola [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 11th, 2008
I decided to step it up and move beyond the local ski area, my choice was Arosa. This was chosen for a couple reasons: a. it looks nice, b. the train connections are easy (but long), and c. arosa has a long history and is one of the classic ski areas in Switzerland. A friend [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 4th, 2008
Had a few hours this day while I was waiting for the new dishwasher to arrive, so I figured I’d take advantage of the sunny day and make a photo of our new apartment. This is actually about 15 photos stitched together. I have since put away all those dishes and gotten rid of a [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 4th, 2008
My first day of skiing in Switzerland. Took the train to Flumserberg, which is pretty close to Zurich and one of the local smaller ski areas. The day was really warm so the snow conditions weren’t too good, but I still had a fun day. Skied part of the day with Bernd, who also just [...]