StringGrrl sees the World

 Opfikon near the Swiss Television studios With poor weather in Switzerland, Amber and StringGirl head about the Opfikon area to see what other finds they can log. Seeing as we had no ladder and it was the middle of the afternoon we had to walk further from the flat than the first cache listed. Blumento Pferde GC175R7 Der Cache ist im neuen  Leutschenpark  versteckt. Um den Cache zu Heben muss eine höhere Hürde überwunden werden (dies ist durchaus buchstäblich zu verstehen). Dazu könnte eine Leiter von Nutzen sein! Blumento Horses The cache is in the new  Leutschenpark  hidden.  To overcome the cache must raise a higher hurdle (this should be understood quite literally).  This could be a ladder of benefits!   Instead we approached the SF (swiss fernsteher) swiss television cache but could not dash to grab the "dose" whilst muggles waited for trams nearby. But there are still others in the area. View Larger Map A shor...

StringGirl and Amber took time out to enjoy a dinner in Zurich recently in the shadow of the Swiss Prime Tower . The restaurant  Ly's Asia , is a cafeteria style Asian restaurant--they also have "Prime dining" and "Resaurant" which apparently are full service operations on-site as well. The Kreis 4 area near the Prime Tower is undergoing a bit of a renaissance with the addition of all the new real estate in the area, and the shifting of the tram stations near the Technopark. The new restaurants in the Prime Tower campus are all new additions that required some "Beta Testing". Arriving for dinner near 8:00 PM the place was pretty empty, only one group of diners sat at one of the long high top tables that furnish the Asian Diner. The menu is pretty straight forward; offering Chinese, Thai, Malaysian, and Japanese options. Approaching the cafeteria bar you see the fast order list of Sushi, Rice plates, noodle dishes, and soup offerings. We o...

Just short of Lands End near Cabo San Lucas we went for a walk on the beach and planned to hike up the "mountain" that caps the southern end of Baja California. One of the security guards of the nearby Playa Grande resorts came riding up on his four runner and motioned for us to come over. And showed us a baby see turtle. View Larger Map He reached into his breast pocket and retrieved this Sea Turtle that he had been warming in preparation for it's first swim in the Ocean--near as we could figure he said it would not swim with the rest of its brood mates. StringGirl and Amber pose with the baby sea turtle   It was a unique opportunity to be so close to this next generation of Sea Turtles at the beginning of its potentially decades long journey back to this very beach.  Search for Travel Deals Outside Magazine Gear of the Year Summer 2010: eBags Mother Lode TLS Junior