Dec 17

20151217 101734 Bri got us Zurich passes!! So the next day we set off for the Landesmuseum, where we had free entry 20151217 102426 This is what diplomats used to wear. Quite a different affair then, it appears. 20151217 102602 The org chart for Zurich govt c. 500 years ago (not kidding, that's actually what it is) 20151217 105313
20151217 105940 The museum featured a series of historical rooms, taken from various houses across the country and installed here a hundred years ago 20151217 110212 Of course, there were stoves 20151217 110430 20151217 110743
20151217 110826 The best part, though, was always the sink. These people knew how to sink. 20151217 110845 And inlay wood. 20151217 111030 No slacking here 20151217 111056
20151217 111218 Sink porn. This one's a pomegranate. 20151217 111239 Just look at that, wouldja? 20151217 111322 20151217 111405 A stove for sitting on
20151217 111632 And then, we discovered the Ursli exhibit! This was about a Swiss illustrator who is most famous for several children's books set in the Grisons, and these traditional chair feature prominently 20151217 111746 20151217 111854 20151217 111936 He also did posters
20151217 111956 20151217 112021 20151217 112038 20151217 112146 And stage sets
20151217 112244 20151217 112305 20151217 112938 A room covered in illustrations from the children's books! 20151217 113014
20151217 113725 20151217 113806 A child's sleigh from the Grisons 20151217 114021 20151217 114402 Ursli coming home with a big cow bell!
20151217 120307 A thousand-year old Christ for a village procession, elsewhere in the museum 20151217 120320 20151217 120351 20151217 120623
20151217 120757 The embroidery had to be seen to be believed 20151217 132416 The location of used bookstores 20151217 132424 20151217 132459
20151217 132553 20151217 132603 Documenting the hours 20151217 133300 It was gorgeous day, so we walked around quite a bit 20151217 133941
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20151217 134727 20151217 134926 20151217 140459 And eventually we wound up down at the boat dock, because a free boat ride was included in the ticket! 20151217 142405 Out onto the Zurichsee
20151217 142422 20151217 142427 Towards the Bernese Oberland 20151217 142441 20151217 144317
20151217 162935 When we got back to the city, it was getting darker 20151217 163108 We sat up in a park and took these photos 20151217 164417 There was a military ceremony going on 20151217 164425
20151217 175532 And afterwards, we met Bri to go my birthday dinner!!! 20151217 181344 20151217 190146 It was at a guildhall, a private club with one room where the public can reserve tables 20151217 190219 Amouse bouche of trout
20151217 190444 Much bavarding, much tasty wine! 20151217 190443 20151217 164427