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

Business Trip

A couple of weeks back Emily took Ilona on her business trip to Washington DC. There she was met by Nana (and Wayne for half the trip), who watched Ilona whilst Emily did business. I don't know exactly what they got up to, but there was a big wheel and some kind of Zoo, at National Harbour. I think Ilona had a great time



Meanwhile I stayed here with Bluet who still had to go to kindergarten. On the Wednesday there was a lantern fest - traditionally these are carved from turnips, but Bluet's class made them from tissue paper and cardboard. I went with her to KG in the evening after work; sadly it was raining or else they would've walked with their lanterns through the local streets, instead they were confined to a covered portion of the playground. Then the parents and kids sat down to eat soup and sausages. A good Swiss tradition.