Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Swiss National Day (Aug. 1)

Schweizer Bundesfeier.


We celebrated the festive Swiss National Day last week (August 1).  The big celebration took place the day before though (July 31), with alpenhorns, food and beer stalls along the banks of the river, boat races and a magnificent fireworks display over the Rhine at night.




It's so funny, all stalls along the river were taken down sometime after the fireworks, and before Thursday morning!  I'd think the "National Day" would be a good day for food and beer stalls since no one works and most everything is closed.  After a run in the morning, we grabbed some doner kebabs for a picnic on the river.  It was quite hot so we decided to go home, change and float down the river to cool off!  Very refreshing!  Then it was time to head to the airport, destination Dublin!



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