Last weekend it rained

Last weekend it rained most of the time which made it difficult to entertain, but we did our best. In brief periods of 'sun' they were excited to go outside - Bluet was so proud of this tower she built, she ran downstairs to find me to ask me to take a photo of it



But by Sunday we needed to go further afield, so given the weather we did a family brunch at PQ, which was really fun, as finally Bluet and Ilona are more or less happy to sit in their chair in a restaurant for as long as it takes us to eat our meal.



Although getting Ilona to stay in her seat on the tram was a different matter

Our for lunch

So Friday 2 weeks ago, we all headed out for lunch at PQ. As you can see, Gus' head is covered by a hat. This is because he had by this point developed chicken pox. We played outside the restaurant

And then onwards to the Zurichorn park, which was popular with everyone because of the space to run around, the sand, the slides and the swings and the sun

Coming soon

More pictures including the visit of Simon, Angela, Della and Gus....In the meantime here is Ilona and the communal table at PQ

International Visitors 1

We've been busy the last couple of weeks with visitors from foreign climes, as you will soon see. First, Andrew and Maria came to visit from Slovakia/Scotland/Norway. So we showed them the sights of Zurich and it was very fun, but unfortunately I have left it so long to write up, that I can't remember exactly what we did. Perhaps some photos will help......

Sight one: Ilona

At the river; Bluet probably ate some ice cream a little later on. And we all jumped in the river because the weather was so hot

The tram, going somewhere. We took the tram a lot. Ilona did not face the right way for this photo

Of course, we had to go see the world famous Zurich pond. This day it rained

The big pond; I think Bluet got her feet wet

A park near the big pond

A new person to push the swing proves popular

Exhaustion

Looking at the bees - we went for brunch at PQ - which is funny, because when Bluet was the same age as Ilona is now, and Andrew came to visit New York, we went to the branch of PQ in Central Park. 

Andrew and Maria bought Bluet a lego house for her birthday, which is still being played with every day

Then we went for a walk in the woods near our house. There is a gun range up there (we discovered), where the European championships were taking place, so our pleasant walk was interrupted by sporadic gun shots. We also saw some of the women's marathon the day we went to look at the pond, and quite possibly would've been visible in the background on TV. 

There are also big piles of earth

1-2-3 Jump!

Just outside of the city there is a place where you can take a cable car up the mountain and get a great view of the city. So we did a small excursion by tram, train and cable car. Bluet loved being in the 'little car' above the trees, and we saw a splendid view of Zurich.

Apple Juice at the top of the mountain. It was too fizzy for Bluet

Coming up next: more international visitors