Saturday

We've decided Saturday is kuchen day. We need an excuse to try all the amazing cakes. Here are some we've had so far:

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Swiss National Day

Last Sunday was Swiss National Day, Switzerland's 4th of July (But on August 1st).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_National_Day

We saw lots of fireworks all over town. They have bonfires on the mountains, too, and people go up and sing Swiss songs and roast sausages--some of the stores were selling wurst tied to a long stick!

Falsenegg

We hiked from Uetliberg to Falsenegg, where we caught a cable car down the mountain. Then we took the train back to Zurich.

more Uetliberg

Here is a view from our hike on Uetliberg:

There were farms along the way--with cows wearing bells, too. We even saw a field of oats:

Uetliberg

Last Sunday we hiked up Uetliberg, which is a hill that overlooks the city. It was beautiful. When we got off at the train station we found this very cool slide made out of rollers. We'd never seen anything like it before:

Then we hiked up a viewing tower, which gives an amazing view of the city:

Here you can see the viewing tower from later on in our hike. There's a giant radio tower next to it. We have a perfect view of these towers from our apartment, so it was fun to see them close up!