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In the rain in Zurich: geocaching Opfikon

 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 HorsesThe 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.


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A short stroll from the tramway there was one hidden near the small long shallow viaduct.
Wohoo! got the cache, now who brought the pen?


Another awaited on the other side of the park hidden near the fire fighting training site and the "HotPot" which I will have to look up to know its meaning.


Another micro cache, still no pen? What good are you?
Fire training buildings, not Detroit neighborhood
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Location: Zürich, Fernsehstudio, 8152 Opfikon, Switzerland

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