It's been rather cold of late around here (some days not even reaching zero!) which for us Aussies (and bear) this means a lot of being amazed by this weird white stuff falling from the sky. In addition to walking through (/around/under?) it every day to and from work, this also gives a few other options for getting ourselves around.
Transport method #1: Ice skating
There are two rinks that are a few tram stops away, and open until late on Wednesdays, so a group of us headed there one night to try a slightly more blade'd way of moving around. Federbaer did join in, but unfortunately there were no boots his size, so he found the slightly warmer way of getting around, as shown above. A few things made this rink feel very much unlike Australia:
(1) Outdoors! You could look up, and see sky. If you can do that at a rink in Aus, you're probably now actually standing in a puddle of water. (2) Only about 10 people on the entire rink, and they're not all just going in clockwise circles. (3) No cheesy 80s/90s music! and (4) Next door is another rink with ice hockey teams training; pretty fun to watch whilst resting sore skating ankles.
Transport method #2: Hiking
Not too far from where we live is a river that you can walk along, then up through sporting fields and around the foot of Uetliberg.
At this time of year, when it's all white but the sun is also out, this leads to pretty impressive views and photo opportunities, see here for more pics.
Transport method #3: Snowboarding! (and skiing...)
Overall the day was so nice (sunny, clear, good snow, ...) that the lifts were packed, but there's a lot of good choices for runs that it didn't feel too pressed for space, and lots of wide open pistes meant it was good for both my level of boarding and Katie's skiing, so we're keen to head back!
I also should say a big hello and thanks to all the aussies who added Zurich to their european travels and recently visited - Federbear had been missing the Australian accents, and hopefully you enjoyed your time in der Schweiz :)
That's all from now - apologies for the delay, there were a few posts scheduled to be added over January but for some reason they weren't...there might be a problem with Blogger, (who writes this stuff anyway? :p...) but those will be posted over the next few weeks.
I also should say a big hello and thanks to all the aussies who added Zurich to their european travels and recently visited - Federbear had been missing the Australian accents, and hopefully you enjoyed your time in der Schweiz :)
That's all from now - apologies for the delay, there were a few posts scheduled to be added over January but for some reason they weren't...there might be a problem with Blogger, (who writes this stuff anyway? :p...) but those will be posted over the next few weeks.
