Liechtenstein

Castle in Vaduz

On Thursday, Olaf had business in Vaduz, Liechtenstein, about 80 minutes away from where we were staying in Zürich. Instead of taking a bus, train and cab to get to Vaduz, we drove a rental car.

Lake in Switzerland, on the way to Liechtenstein

On the drive back

I love love driving in Europe. I love stopping whenever we see something interesting, which we got to do on the way back from Vaduz. Trying to find a post office, we drove off into a picturesque valley in Liechtenstein.

After dropping off our postcards, we hiked to a little castle on a hill in the middle of the valley.





We were trying to find somewhere to eat dinner and ended up driving to the top of massive mountain, into a ski village.

Lake in Switzerland

On the way back, we stopped here for dinner. Olaf had a schnitzel with fries and I had fresh asparagus with shrimp.

I was so hungry...

I ate a horse. On accident.

My friend Ina (Garten- and YES, I consider her a friend though we've never met) raves about the picnics she makes for her and Jeffry (Garten- her wonderful husband) when they're traveling. What's good enough for Ina is usually excellent for me.

Except that my picnic was sabotaged by my own failure to read labels- I accidentally bought and ate horse meat :( Dislike. Actually, I liked it, until after I ate it and realized what it was. I thought I was eating very lean prosciutto.

I was sick all day.

Zürich, Switzerland

Hello there!

Last week Olaf went on a business trip to Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein. As is our 'thing', we met up after he finished his business in Vienna :) The trips are usually very busy for Olaf, with client meetings from breakfast through the evening. We're just glad to be together and not spend those nights apart. Plus, I get to explore lots of new places :)

It rained for most of our trip but I took advantage of a dry spell on Wednesday, to snap a few photos in Zürich.

Royal Wedding

Everyone in London is very excited about the royal wedding today. It's been declared a holiday for everyone and there will be lots of celebrating around the country. Olaf and I are in Switzerland, missing all the hoopla (on purpose). Many Americans are taking advantage of the long weekend and have already hightailed it out of London.

My friend Johanna's comedy show "Better Off Wed" is starting a second season in a few days. It's playing at Second City in Chicago. I took some girlfriends to see it last year, and we all loved it. Jo asked me to comment on the royal wedding for the show's blog, as we live in London.

Here's a link to the Better Off Wed Blog:
http://betteroffwedshow.com/better-off-blog/

Good luck with the new show, Jo!

ps- I took the photo above during my run- it's of the cavalry rehearsing for the wedding in Regent's Park