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The things you can find in old old homes

1930's "spam" pitching seed sales and sweepstakes a homemade valentine, seed order forms, and stamp collection catalogs the inside of the Valentine Sweepstakes entry forms "TREASURE"! Sales premiums for seed resellers VSO "violin shaped objects" for only 24 packets @ $0.10 each more premiums for selling the seeds. Wonder if that is licensed Mickey and Minnie swag? oops, upside down. Stamp collectors bait

eldorado: Around the world in 101 beers, Zurich

eldorado bar in Zurich promises alot, and it delivers. Hops and StringGirl review the beer list  With 101 beers on the beer list there is a lot to find in eldorado. I was able that evening to sample several of their beers: Belhaven Wee Heavy Schlenkerla Rauchbier Aecht Rauhbier (not on the list but in stock that night) Flying Dog Gonzo Imperial Stout (actually a porter I think) Only 25 more trips to cover the rest. source >  http://www.eldorado-zh.ch/ source: eldorado.ch 

D-Vino & Mövenpick: Wine Bars in Zurich, Review

Diners (strangers) enjoying their dinner and wine D-Vino is a set of nice little wine bars sprinkled around Zurich. With locations at  Limmatplatz  (near the Langstrasse),  Bahnhofstrasse  (near the main station), and  Seefeld  (near Höschgasse‎ tram stop).  The offer a reasonable list of wines at a cost not unheard of in Zurich. Ranging from 7.50CHF-10CHF depending on the varietal. They have a list of Warm and Cold dishes as well as some Tapas.  you order your wine and food from the bar, cafeteria style. no table service source -->  http://www.d-vino.ch  While there I opted just to sample some Tapas (as the food budget is a little sparse lately). Had some Tapas. The food was prepared quickly (as with most tapas they have it pretty much ready under glass) and brought to me at the bar. As for wine? I had the following: Tempranillo Venta Mazarrón                   ...

Glacier Cave, Engelgerg Titlis Swtizerland

The Glacier Cave Up at the top of Titlis , there is a cave that has been carved into the glacier adjoining the cable car base. The cave brings you 100 meters or more into the heart of the glacier. http://www.titlis.ch/en/titlis/titlis_info/glacier_excursion/glacier_park_glacier_cave Still under construction the Glacier Cave is amzaing The thawed out CaveStringGirl was discovered in the Glacial ice