Tag Archives: switzerland

October at a glance

October at a glance
Hey there Readers :on:
We’re in the middle of November now but I have quite a lot of images I took during October and that I would like to share with you. October has been quite an eventful month with lots of yummy food, family and friends. I had my graduation ceremony, got a lot of pretty things, didn’t celebrate Halloween and already enjoyed snow! :catexclam:

View from the kitchen’s balcony

It’s hard to believe that the images above were taken in the same month, isn’t it? While at the beginning of October the weather was sunny and so warm that I felt the urge to go swimming, the second half was cold and brought the first snow of this year. I prefer snow over rain so I was happy about the snow-covered trees and roofs even if it lasted only for a few days. Many branches of trees though, broke because of the heavy snow on top of the autumn foliage. :x:

The graduation dinner took place in a restaurant on the Uetliberg, a mountain from where you can see over the whole city of Zurich and even beyond. We had to walk for a few minutes through the snow-covered forest and I was only wearing my new, cream-colored cat flats without any socks:jupp: nyahaha well I guess I learned my lesson but fortunately I didn’t get sick. It was strange and really nice at the same time seeing the people you’ve been together for the past two years at school in a totally different environment after some months. The beginning was a little stiff but after some wine it felt like we had never been apart. :miam:

Read on if you’re interested in more pictures~

read more

City of Roses & Bears

City of Roses & Bears
Hello there! :omnom:
How have you been doing? I miss reading your blogs so much and I can’t wait to get to it!
The first round of exams in Bern is over and now I’m back in Zurich and have one more week to prepare myself for the oral exams… I can’t wait to jump into the crystal clear Aare river and drift in it after all of this is over! *crossing fingers* :bang:


Besides some studying and exam writing I had the chance to walk through the marvellous city of Bern that is the capital city of Switzerland and had fun taking tons of pictures. :tongue: I must say that its idyllic location in a river loop and the friendly people make me feel almost more at home than Zurich does. It’s significantly smaller than Zurich but the architecture and parks are way cooler. :klimper:
No wonder its historic old town became a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Bern is even ranked among the worlds top ten cities for the best quality of life!


I miss you guys so much but it’s only two more weeks until I’m back in the blogosphere~ :on:
I should definitely get back to my books now and I’m probably not going to be able to post until the beginning of September… Hope the pictures are fun to look at! Click on read on if you want to see more of them.. They’re rather big so I couldn’t have all of them on the front page. :catexclam:

read more

Happy Birthday Helvetia

Happy Birthday Helvetia
Hello there World! :bling:
Today is Swiss National Day so Happy 721th Birthday to old lady Helvetia and to another rich and wealthy year in your life. At the end of the middle ages, in 1291, some lonely guys from three cantons got together and with an oath the old Swiss confederacy was born. The people living in this regions were called Helvetii, a Celtic tribe described by no other than Julius Caesar. And Helvetia is what the men from the three cantons expected to find in their country: fertility and defense against foreign powers. She’s therefore often depicted as beautiful woman holiding a spear in her right an a shield in her left hand.
In the old days, the Swiss were fighting all over Europe. Not for their country, but for everybody who had enough money to hire them, like the French king for example.


After many battles in which Swiss soldiers from one side killed Swiss soldiers from the other side, the Swiss decided to close them self up in neutrality and become a safety deposit box for the world’s money. And that’s how we got rich but that’s an other story… :youreweird:

The pictures are from the anime series Heidi, Girl of the Alps (アルプスの少女ハイジ). Do you know it? I think they captured the landscapes pretty well!

Every first of August, there are explosions from the fireworks and the air is filled with the scent of grilled sausages and marinated meat. I wish I could tell you about what awesome grill party I’m having, but I’m just enjoying the fireworks from my living room window. :sigh:

I’ll be back at the beginning of September guys!

byebye