Thanksgiving in Zurich
Hi All
Sorry it's been so long since we've written. I'm going to let John tell you about his Day with the Dogs another time and I'm going to give you a quick recap of our Thanksgiving and Anniversary.
We went to Zurich for Thanksgiving with Flo, Keith and Lauren (a friend who is studying in Rome this semester.) We took the first flight out Thursday morning. The problem with that is that the tube doesn't start running until 5am, so we couldn't take the tube to the airport. Had to take a cab. Oh well- not too bad. We arrived at la Casa de Flo y Keith at 11am exactly- less than five hours door-to-door. I will miss that.
As you would imagine, Flo had everything under control. The apartment looked like a page out of Martha Stewart's magazine, the turkey (which is a hilarious story all its own) had been marinading in brine for 24 hours and she was cool as a cucumber. We enjoyed a fabulous dinner and even got to watch the end of the Macy's parade and the first football game of the day thanks go their amazing Slingbox!
Friday we went exploring into the mountains. First, we bought wood for their fireplace. Then, we went to a restaurant with a gorgeous view for drinks. Finally, we went to a fabulous fondue place that puts DIP to shame. Unfortunately, this exploration was marred by the fact that a heavy fog had set in and we couldn't see ten feet in front of us. Seriously, I don't know how Keith was driving! Look-
Fog or not, we still had a great time. After dropping off the firewood, we made our way to the train station, the site of the largest indoor Christmas Market in Europe. They did have a Christmas tree decorated entirely of Swarovski crystals, but this seemed like a better place to take a photo-
It was very pretty but not as large as I thought it would be. I was also expecting very "Swiss" things but it was pretty much like any other Christmas Market- a lot of food and costume jewelry. Flo and I had mulled wine (mine was non-alcoholic) and John and I had bratwurst and bread. It was delicious!
After that, they dropped us off at the airport and we were home by 10pm our time. We would have liked to have stayed longer, but I had rehearsal the next day and John had his boys' day with the dogs...
We celebrated our 7th Anniversary in the usual way on Sunday- watched our wedding video, ate pizza and drank beer. FYI: Non-alcoholic beer is SO GROSS!!!!!!! My hormones are definitely in full effect this week. Usually, I only cry at key points during the wedding video but Sunday I started crying with the exterior of the church and didn't stop until my bridesmaids were dancing on the tables. You, hussies!
Sorry it's been so long since we've written. I'm going to let John tell you about his Day with the Dogs another time and I'm going to give you a quick recap of our Thanksgiving and Anniversary.
We went to Zurich for Thanksgiving with Flo, Keith and Lauren (a friend who is studying in Rome this semester.) We took the first flight out Thursday morning. The problem with that is that the tube doesn't start running until 5am, so we couldn't take the tube to the airport. Had to take a cab. Oh well- not too bad. We arrived at la Casa de Flo y Keith at 11am exactly- less than five hours door-to-door. I will miss that.
As you would imagine, Flo had everything under control. The apartment looked like a page out of Martha Stewart's magazine, the turkey (which is a hilarious story all its own) had been marinading in brine for 24 hours and she was cool as a cucumber. We enjoyed a fabulous dinner and even got to watch the end of the Macy's parade and the first football game of the day thanks go their amazing Slingbox!
Friday we went exploring into the mountains. First, we bought wood for their fireplace. Then, we went to a restaurant with a gorgeous view for drinks. Finally, we went to a fabulous fondue place that puts DIP to shame. Unfortunately, this exploration was marred by the fact that a heavy fog had set in and we couldn't see ten feet in front of us. Seriously, I don't know how Keith was driving! Look-
Fog or not, we still had a great time. After dropping off the firewood, we made our way to the train station, the site of the largest indoor Christmas Market in Europe. They did have a Christmas tree decorated entirely of Swarovski crystals, but this seemed like a better place to take a photo-
It was very pretty but not as large as I thought it would be. I was also expecting very "Swiss" things but it was pretty much like any other Christmas Market- a lot of food and costume jewelry. Flo and I had mulled wine (mine was non-alcoholic) and John and I had bratwurst and bread. It was delicious!
After that, they dropped us off at the airport and we were home by 10pm our time. We would have liked to have stayed longer, but I had rehearsal the next day and John had his boys' day with the dogs...
We celebrated our 7th Anniversary in the usual way on Sunday- watched our wedding video, ate pizza and drank beer. FYI: Non-alcoholic beer is SO GROSS!!!!!!! My hormones are definitely in full effect this week. Usually, I only cry at key points during the wedding video but Sunday I started crying with the exterior of the church and didn't stop until my bridesmaids were dancing on the tables. You, hussies!
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