Then and Then

Sitting in a whirlpool yesterday outside, in the sun, overlooking the mountains in Seefeld I had a perfect opportunity to look back on the last busy week…reflect on all the comings and goings…but that’s not what happened.  Instead I let the steam rise up over me and thought of nothing at all.  The idea was that a day of wellness would be a nice way to digest my adventures in Zurich, my seminar in Pfäffikon, my continued intensity in the office and my hopes for a Spring that, at the moment, is covered in snow.

A little bug found strength in the heat and water yesterday and morphed into a full on head cold. The massage only made that head cold comfortable so, again, I write this from an infected fog; hazy and lazy and sick. I feel like I’m sick quite often these days.  It could be that that’s true and my immune system isn’t yet used to all this fresh air or it could also be that time is just moving quickly and my colds are as frequent as they’ve always been.  Regardless, it is a beautiful sunny Sunday and I’m inside with my cats and 2 seasons of Big Love.

I can’t imagine that my memories of Switzerland are going to improve any in the coming days so I’ll do my best to re-cap things now.  Saturday I caught up with my Aunt and Uncle for some wandering, dinner and, naturally an opera.  We saw a wild interpretation of Hayden’s opera La Fedeltà Premiata that was all free love and funky.  The theater was beautiful.

Sunday we headed out to Rapperswill to connect with some family.  Turns out that I have a second cousin living there with his wife and 2 daughters.  We shared lunch and had a wonderful afternoon together.  Fresh bread and long, lost family makes for an interesting afternoon.

After dropping Shelly and David off for another night in the Landestheater, I headed to West Zurich and then pounded the pavement for many, many hours taking photos and finding my way back to my neighborhood after some french cinema and some wurst.  Tons of street art and a glimpse of the city was a nice way to spend the evening.  I’m gonna share some of my favorite photos with you now but you can find all of there here, street art or zurich.

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Monday morning I bid farwell to Zurich, Shelly and David and headed to Pfäffikon where I spent 2 1/2 days on a project management seminar.  It was a useful class and I’m sure it will come in handy one of these days…here is a glimpse of a sunset that I caught on the lake before it was time to pack it in