A day in Zurich, Switerland

 Lucky me!!  I went along with Suds on a trip to Zurich.  We landed at 6am and were on the tram into the city at 8am.  We had breakfast and wandered around before meeting up with a free walking tour.

Some doors are pretty enough to take a picture of.

Limmatquai area.

 Fondue lunch in Niederdorf area.  We had a cheese fondue with bacon(!) and dipped in bread, veggies and sliced pear.  the pear was the best!

We met friends for dinner and had such a delicious Swiss meal at a restaurant called Zeughauskeller.  Suds had deer and I had a mixed sausage plate.
















Thanks to a little jet lag wake-up, we were back on the train at 5:18am headed to the medieval town Rapperswil.














We walked around a castle and visited their famous rose gardens, including a rose garden for the blind where all the roses smell amazing.

At the castle was a small cemetery.  Looked how nicely the graves are kept!

Then is was back to the hotel and flying back home at noon.

DB Tigers

 Ella with her baseball team the DB Tigers.  Her season has wrapped up and unfortunately their wind up party was rained out

Ark Eden camp

Ella and Julia did 2 day camps over Easter break.  They were adventure outdoor camps.  One day the theme was farming and one day the theme was waterfalls. 

This was the waterfall hiking camp.  Because Julia was one of the youngest, I tagged along for the day.

Lunch break.

The girls carried their bags all day with their lunch, water, bathing suits and towels as well as hiking all day.  They were amazing.

There is Julia hiking in the monkey backpack.

At the end of the day we went for a swim at the beach and met the local cow, Billy.

This was the farming camp.  The girls composted, harvested and then made their own vegetarian lunch.

Fishing in the stream.

Major round up

 Julia at the dentist.  Last time involved hysterics so this visit was a huge success!

 Julia and her good friend Claire.

 Julia and Martha proudly showing off their gingerbread men.

 Playing in the dirt

 Posing in the dirt :)

 Side pony tails girls

 Ella and Julia at art class

 At the Disney hotel

 Book week at school.  Ella dressed as the mouse Thea Stilton

 For Julia's book week activity we went to her school in our pajamas to listen to stories being read at night.

 Ella before her duathalon race where she did a run bike run.

 At the start line.

 After finishing the race in 5th place.  Her friend won first!

 At her first ice skating party.  Her friend is the same age as her....

 Julia on Space Mountain.  Look at that serious side eye she is cutting!

Ella is behind us but closed her eyes because she was worried the flash would hurt her sore eyes.

 Julia dressed and ready for dance class.

Julia at sports day catching some serious air on the sack race!

 Ella's perfect handstand