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2020 October 15

Hiking the Adliswil-Felsenegg Nordic Walking Park Buchenegg Trail

The Buchenegg Trail (length 8.5 km, ascent 304 m, descent 304 m) has views of Lake Zürich, and the Türlersee, along with rolling hills, forests, and green pastures.
2020 October 10

Walking the Limmat Culture Trail

The Limmat Culture Trail (length 9 km, ascent 100 m, descent 100 m) is a loop trail along the Limmat river between Wettingen and Baden. Along the trail are 27 contemporary art installations by Swiss artists.
2020 October 8

Hiking the Zürichsee-Rundweg Trail – Stage 5 Pfäffikon to Schmerikon

Woohoo! We made it through stage 5 of the Zürichsee-Rundweg Trail and we are now at the half-way point. At 23 km (ascent 420 m, descent 400 m), this stage was a bit of challenge and while it wasn’t my favorite stage so far, it was still pretty fun.
2020 September 23

Hiking the Zürichsee-Rundweg Trail – Stage 4 Richterswil to Pfäffikon

We completed Stage 4 – Richterswil to Pfäffikon. As I expected based on the stats (17 km, and an ascent 780 m and descent 760 m), this was the most challenging so far.
2020 September 18

Lemon Yogurt Loaf Cake

I love this lemon cake. Not only does it have a perfect texture and a lovely lemon flavor, it also happens to be very very simple to make.
2020 September 14

Hiking the Zürichsee-Rundweg Trail – Stage 3 Horgen to Richterswil

Stage 3 starts at the Horgen train station and goes along the lake shore down to the Richterswil train station. At 13 km, this trail is long enough to be a hike, but with only minimal elevation change it felt more like a very long stroll.
2020 September 9

Hiking the Zürichsee-Rundweg Trail – Stage 2 Adliswil to Horgen

Stage 2 (length 12 km, ascent 260 m, descent 300 m) picks up where stage 1 left off in Adliswil and ends in Horgen on the shore of Lake Zürich.
2020 September 7

Hiking the Zürichsee-Rundweg Trail – Stage 1 Bürkliplatz to Adliswil

Trail 84, the Zürichsee-Rundweg is a ten stage trail that starts in Bürkliplatz and makes a complete loop around lake Zürich (including the Obersee). I hope to do all ten stages, but for now I am starting with stage 1 – Bürkliplatz to Adliswil (length 9 km, ascent 130 m, descent 90 m).
2020 September 5

Learning German Videos

I was recently asked if there are any videos that I recommend for learning German. I immediately thought “Yes! Definitely!” and “Hey, that would make a nice blog post!” So, without further ado, here are my top three recommendations.
2020 August 31

Hiking Down Mount Pilatus – Kulm to Alpnachstad

We recently took a trip to Pilatus Kulm and we would hiked down back to Alpnachstad . The views are gorgeous but the trail is steep – 1,627 meter elevation change.
2020 August 28

Chicken Marbella with Apricots

A scaled down version of the new-American classic, “Chicken Marbella” from “The Silver Palate Cook Book” by Julee Rosso & Sheila Lukins made with apricots instead of prunes.
2020 August 24

Hiking at Pilatus Kulm – Tomlishorn Wildflower Trail + Esel Viewpoint

We spent one night in the hotel at the top of Mount Pilatus, a towering peak in eastern Switzerland over-looking Lake Lucerne. While there we hiked the Tomlishorn Wildflower Trail and went up to Esel Viewpoint.