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