Rubin Trek 2017

Our time in Zurich has come to an end.  Next stop:  PARIS! Here are some random shots of Switzerland that caught my eye: Our apt. at Haldeneggsteig 5 (Pink building on left) View from our living room window--Magen David late afternoon Zurich church along the Neiderdorf (pedestrian street)  Alphorn and little cows Henry Moore sculpture along Lake Zurich: "Sheep Piece" Lake Zurich Charming wall clock and figures Sign in tram:  no smoking, no panhandling, no playing instruments,  no sawing of seats (vandalism), no feet on seats Gondola dining table Clock and moving figures (sorry, no video) at schmuck (jewelry) store   Houses and flower boxes  More flower boxes   Bremgarten--45-minute train ride west of Zurich Floating theater on Lake Zurich Dress display for Oktoberfest Napkin pocket for fork and knife Fall colors ...

Our very close friends from Haifa, Debbie and David Block Temin, were here for a quick and wonderful 3 days.  We squeezed in a lot and fortunately, the weather was terrific.  A real Indian summer with beautiful fall colors. Day 1:  We visited Stein am Rhein (our 2nd visit--blog followers might remember we were there in August).  This a charming little town, north-east of Zurich, with beautiful painted walls.  With Debbie and David at Stein am Rhein We had a terrific lunch at Hohenklingen Castle overlooking the town.  Me and Debbie walking up to the castle View of castle from the town We then took the train to Rhein Falls, the largest falls in Europe.  Beautiful!   In the evening, we went to see Blue Man Group, the performance art company.  This is a very unusual show made up of painted faces, drums, music, visual/sound effects, humor, splashing paint and audience participation.  It's hard to descr...

We had a magical 12-day visit with Adam, Dana and Leo (2 years 3 months). First stop, the Natural History Museum at ETH.  Dana, Adam and Leo with a woolly mammoth skeleton Next stop, the park: Fun on the see-saw Sitting on a deer statue    Fun with stickers! In the middle of this visit, Adam and Dana took the train to Milan (Adam had meetings plus a vacation with Dana) while we babysat for 3 days.  Fortunately, Leo survived his grandparents.  It only got a little rough when Leo would wake up at night crying for his mother.  The only thing that would quiet him was to lay down with him in his mother's bed.  Whatever works! While we had Leo all to ourselves, we took him to the Rapperswil Children's Zoo.  We went by train (about a 1/2 hour away south along Lake Zurich).   Leo just loves animals! Who knew giraffes rest like this? Petting the goat Incredible horns! Alpaca Ready to b...