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eluded us. There were flags in the city, but when we arrived there was nothing special going on, except lots of tourists around.
But to start with the beginning, we did a “classic” tour by now, through central Switzerland,

Einsiedeln, where we can still not take pictures inside, but we arrived right before mass, which sounds impressive [...]

August 22
Since S. was based in Basel, we decided to check out Van Gogh, since he had a concert in town. Nice, not all songs, but some of the hits were on, plus some songs I didnt know but liked. I didnt even ask if pictures are allowed, I guessed no. Van Gogh has to [...]

In the attempt to get things here up-to-date, here’s a quick look at the winter season 2008/9. Nothing much happened, except work and skiing week-ends. I re-visited some places I’d been before, and tried out some new ones. In short chronological order:
I ended 2008 with a trip to Zermatt, to see the Matterhorn, a [...]

Ottobeuren is a village in middle-of-nowhere-Bavaria. Jane found it only after we got an insider tip from our hosts in München, a while ago. Last week we checked it out again.
It’s all about the monastery. Looks quite impressive from the outside

but the bafflement comes inside, in both its height,

width

and detail.

Some hidden gem.
Stein am Rhein is [...]

My friend G. came for a week-end visit, so we took a walk through Zurich. It seems I only get to see the city when friends come over – which is cool, every time I discover something new.
Beautiful sunny day, trickily reminding of spring in the middle of January. The lake was quiet,

ready for [...]