My second visit to Japan, this time in Spring. As in my Summer visit, I had a wonderful time, getting to meet old friends and new acquaintances, eating delicious food, and discovering interesting places. If you want to see what I saw, have a look at my Japan travel gallery, or at the sections for Northern Honshu, Kinki, Kanto, and Tokyo.
In mid-April two friends and I took the train to mount Titlis. It’s so comfortable to climb a mountain with cable cars, without the least effort! Read the rest of this entry »
Sechseläuten, in mid-April, is a traditional celebration in Zürich. In Winter, it was costumary that work would stop at sunset. As days grew longer in Spring and Summer, this would of course be too late, so work would stop when church clocks would strike six. Sechseläuten (the call of six) was the day in which people would switch from “Winter work days” to “Summer work days” (the holiday is now celebrated one month later than the original day). Read the rest of this entry »