Switzerland

3 days in Switzerland......sorry...been slacking a little....hopefully im back now...so after sign off i flew to Zurich and took a train where my gran lives, Weinfelden, near the Germany boarder....but before i got there i had to spend 6hrs at the airport....amazingly there were 10 other people on the same transfer to the airport...well thats not amazingly...amazingly is that one of the girls i have seen around was on the bus....we started chatting and our flights were 5min apart...and 6hrs passed so fast...we went to a restaurant called Mozzarella bar....well...what is there not to like...and had some wine...celebrate our sign off and then some delicious food....so cool...they had different mozzarella to choose from...mild flavour, intense, smokey or creamy....how cool is that...have never see that before....here is a few pics....

when i got to my grans place....was soooooo good to see her...and of course she spoilt me.....starting.....she took me to my favourite restaurant, its a pub but i can eat Bratwurst and salad plate there.....salad plate...amazing....why....because they arrange all salads in little heaps and each with different dressing...so small heap of green salad, carrot salad with walnuts, bean salad, rice salad, beetroot salad and then a Bratwurst with it....a Swiss Bratwurst...and trust me there is a huge difference....Bratwurst is always something i will buy in Switzerland and i take home to SA.....Kim even told me i had to wait till he comes until i eat them....so far i am managing...not much longer though....like 3 more nights.....then i want to eat them.....

The next day we went to Konstanz saw my other gran and i had to have cake and cappuccino, Germans are known to have amazing cakes....30 to choose from...but 1 jumped at me..1 that i cannot get at home...so of course that one, won....cappuccino...horror of note...make a mental note for next time....and can you believe the next day i made my gran take me back there so that i could have another piece...so bloody good...and yes...i do have a pic of the cake.....and below a pic of my 2 grannies...the one on the right is the one i stay with...the one that i am extremly close to...

As i said...spoiling was not just taking me to Eigenhof restaurant (Bratwurst place), and the best cake shop in Konstaz...but cooking a home cooked meal...exactly what i wanted...and she didnt even have to ask..knows me too well....scallops, pasta and Nuessli salat.......so damn good....with her french dressing....and Laugenbrot and gruyere....and yes...camembert...what more could i ask for...prosecco...yes...that was also present...amazing...so special to be welcomed like that....then tuesday was spent shopping for goodies to take home....chocs, cheese, Bratwurst, Rivella (a Swiss soda), Riccola (sweets).....all very yummy and i miss those things....and before the flight, i met up with some friends....had some bubbly and good catch up....what a way to end 3 nice days....next blog from warm South Africa......

 

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