Showing posts with label dinosaur museum. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dinosaur museum. Show all posts
Thursday, 9 March 2017
More visitors
As soon as Emily's Mom and Aunts had left, we had more visitors. This time it was Simon, Angela, Della and Gus, all the way from York, as that week happened to be a holiday in both Switzerland and the UK. Obviously the kids loved having their cousins around, not only because they got to go to the dinosaur museum and Spaghetti Factory, and do many art projects
Sunday, 27 November 2016
Actual Dinosaur Museum
Then on the Sunday of the business trip I took Bluet to the Dinosaur museum half an hour from Zurich HB - some eccentric Swiss millionaire who loves dinosaurs spent his fortune renting some land in Montana and digging for dinosaurs - they have a very impressive collection of real dinosaur bones (see pictures below, these are real), it may be the best one in Europe. I would be able to tell you more but Bluet went through the museum so fast (in excitement) I did not manage to read all the available info.
Ever since Bluet has been fascinated by how the dinosaurs all died - according to a film we watched there it was because of a thunderstorm, which presumably caused floods and left hundreds of dead dinosaurs buried in a pit in a remote part of Montana
Ever since Bluet has been fascinated by how the dinosaurs all died - according to a film we watched there it was because of a thunderstorm, which presumably caused floods and left hundreds of dead dinosaurs buried in a pit in a remote part of Montana
Tuesday, 9 September 2014
Things to do in Zurich Part I
Over the next few posts, some things you too can do if you choose to visit Zurich
Our first activity requires you ride the tram to the dinosaur museum.
It doesn't actually have many dinosaurs, but it did have a big exhibition about fear that Bluet enjoyed very much, not for the educational material, but because it was interactive. Here are some photos of a video screen thing that was supposed to demonstrate your hair standing on end when you are scared. I am not sure it did that, but the photos are interesting.
Near our house is the river, which also has a paddling pool and a hydroelectric plant
If even that is too far (and there is a very steep hill to negotiate on the way home) you can always play hopscotch on the porch
Finally, on a Sunday when everything is shut, why not ride the train out of the city, and go to a farm which is now a tourist trap. Great for the kids - Bluet spent hours running around, jumping and playing in the goat pen.
And what could be more American than a bald eagle made of pumpkins (if we weren't now in Switzerland)?
Our first activity requires you ride the tram to the dinosaur museum.
It doesn't actually have many dinosaurs, but it did have a big exhibition about fear that Bluet enjoyed very much, not for the educational material, but because it was interactive. Here are some photos of a video screen thing that was supposed to demonstrate your hair standing on end when you are scared. I am not sure it did that, but the photos are interesting.
Near our house is the river, which also has a paddling pool and a hydroelectric plant
If even that is too far (and there is a very steep hill to negotiate on the way home) you can always play hopscotch on the porch
Finally, on a Sunday when everything is shut, why not ride the train out of the city, and go to a farm which is now a tourist trap. Great for the kids - Bluet spent hours running around, jumping and playing in the goat pen.
And what could be more American than a bald eagle made of pumpkins (if we weren't now in Switzerland)?
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