26-29 September Zürich and Luzern

IMG 0211 Globus... IMG 0212 for picnic supplies! IMG 0213 a bargain at twice the price! IMG 0214 lakeside
IMG 0216 waiting for a boat IMG 0218 Nico, in Zürich, working on roasted vegetables IMG 0219 and a pork roast, wrapped in bacon IMG 0220 Waiting to drop off papers at the Chinese Consulate
IMG 0221 waiting room IMG 0222 then along the top of the Uetiliberg ridge IMG 0223 an urban park, really IMG 0224 green
IMG 0225 the farthest extent of our hike IMG 3827 exercise as excuse for eating IMG 0226 meeting at Felsenegg with Jürg, Jodi and Deb IMG 0227 talking about injuries
IMG 0228 a healthy lunch IMG 0229 Christine, Jürg and Jodi IMG 0231 post-lunch coffee IMG 0232 cowz
IMG 0233 our evening restaurant IMG 0234 buffet of delcious (fried) food IMG 0235 Friday, we go to Luzern and in the morning we go up Pilatus IMG 0236 gondola from Kriens
IMG 0237 going up IMG 0238 second stage: cable car IMG 0239 tunnel trail on north side IMG 0240 Lac de Quatre Cantons and Luzern
IMG 0242 along the summit ridge IMG 0243 beautiful light! IMG 0244 looking south the next stratum IMG 0245 air force radar
IMG 0246 Eiger and Jungfrau IMG 0247 dancing animals? IMG 0248 trail chiseled in IMG 0249 the Oberland in the distance
IMG 0251 at the highest point, Tomlishorn IMG 0253 our co-climbers IMG 0254 down on the cog railroad IMG 0255 very steep!
IMG 0256 looking at people climbing IMG 0257 another view of the lake IMG 0258 now from the train running along the lake edge IMG 0259 to the charm-less Convention Center
IMG 0263 and details IMG 0264 steady increase IMG 0265 IMG 0266 distribution across the categories
IMG 0267 continued IMG 0268 point count IMG 0269 how to award points IMG 0270 interesting that the directions are in English
IMG 0262 the tasting criteria IMG 3834 our own personal cheese tasting IMG 3835 the professional tasting IMG 0260 the twenty varieties
IMG 0261 IMG 0272 searchng for descriptors IMG 0273 semi-hard from raw cow's milk IMG 0274 the different entrants by categoriy
IMG 0275 judges conferring IMG 0276 many tables IMG 0277 alot of teams IMG 0278 cool hats
IMG 0279 IMG 0280 IMG 0281 Vacherin Mont-d'Or IMG 0282 Emmental
IMG 0283 a raclette iron awaits use IMG 3829 making frozen yogurt with liquid nitrogen IMG 3830 kind of disturbing IMG 3833 display of the 28 categories
IMG 0284 then out to the edge of the lake for the cheese market IMG 0285 IMG 0286 many stands like this IMG 0287 or this
IMG 0289 all lined up IMG 0288 one of the rare blue cheeses that we saw IMG 0290 soft cheeses IMG 0291 from near us
IMG 0293 bergkäse forever IMG 0294 the clouds over Pilatus IMG 0296 ornamental lake side IMG 0297 secret ingredient
IMG 0298 IMG 0299 fondue with sauerkraut IMG 0300 try some! we did IMG 0301 a lone vegetable
IMG 3837 ornamental squash in the Spar:I like them! IMG 3841 a missed connection in Bern, so missed the AmLit fair in Oron but found great deals in the Denner near the Bern station