StringGrrl sees the World

Engelberg-Titlis area is about a 2 hour train ride for Zurich. One train as far a Luzern and the next to Engelberg. View Larger Map The area is absolutely breathtaking and the views never failed to amaze. The fact that we got to ski today was absolutely just icing on the cake. I did not manage to capture nearly half the amazing views, since pulling out the camera everytime we saw something grand would have gotten old, not to mention that we might not drink in the sights as well with the camera glued to ones face. Here's the video that the tourist bureau offers on their webiste. Sorry for the seriously cheesy music. I can't do anything about it other than to remind you of your mute function. At the Peak there is a viewing station that is served by the worlds first ROTATING gondola. VERY VERY Cheesy and unfortunately does not really give a great chance for 360 degree panorama for all since the thing was packed to the gills with skiers and snowboarders. Also the fact tha...

A visit to the farmers market on a chilly winter day. Stopped to polish some Petoskey stones and pick up some fresh produce. StringGirl loves to visit the market. The Royal Oak Farmers Market sits at the corner of 11 Mile and Troy Street. Open year round on Saturdays, and during Growing season Fridays and Saturdays. The market limits vendors to only sell what THEY grow. Not the largest market, but certainly home spun and great care and quality. We made a short stop off at the booth of "A couple of Stoners" (no lie that is their businesses name) to make some of our own Petoskey stone jewelry pieces. For the Girls this was certainly one of the highlights of the entire trip. The "sotners" are a great couple from Petoskey Charlevoix area on Michigans northern lower Pennisula. They offered free lessons in polishing and making the necklaces. With pre drilled cut stones and allowed folks to walk up and polish. StringGirl found this whale form very interesting. Also am...

Windy day up top of Maschgenkamm elev. 2020 m After a relatively short train ride from Zurich HB to Unterterzen you take one gondola to the base of the Flumserberg ski area, and another to Maschgenkamm. From there you can get these terrific vistas. In the background is Wallensee which we visited in the warmer days of this past summer. View Larger Map Dr. Kerausch getting ready to ride Drs. Hambrecht and Kerausch high atop one of the most disappointing first runs ever In the end it was a good ski day, but it did get off to a very inauspicious start when we headed off Maschgenkamm to one of the flattest runs on the entire hill (we got passed by snow-shoers while skating and walking "down" this run). So for future reference, head right off the Maschengkamm lift station. Because to the left-straight is a short and step drop into the back side of the mountain, from which you have a long boring ride back to the main hill.

Gerald Ford Museum seen from A-nab-awan park Devos Center and the Grand River Sabine just after "decorating" the park StringGirl and the spacesuit outside the Ford museum My Girls "chillin" literally outside the Ford Museum

Eva (the future MRS Lingbeck) has StringGirl over for dinner DEE-LISH  StringGirls friends were kind enough to invite us to dinner while we were in Zurich last year. We had dinner with Roald and his Fiancee Eva at their flat in Wiedikon (near the Stadium). They really pulled out the stops with a fantastic dinner of Venison and Potatoes. Really very nice and far exceeding any expectations (they could just invite us over for Doner). Dinner was served with a very pleasant Vino Tinto that I would have to find out where I can pick up another bottle. I brought a Barolo that I will have to see if they have tried yet to see if it was any good too. Roald (the current Mr. Lingbeck)  Roger Kung Developer extraordinaire prepares to dine with StingGirl Josef at the corner of Josefstrasse and Gasometerstrasse- Funky decor great food  Another dinner with the AutoForm Product management team in Zurich. This time we ended up at Josef . The food there was pretty decent. Su...