We got off to a late start in order to let Arianna and Dina sleep in. After some lunch, Alex and I hit the town.
- 14:11 train into the city.
- Blue ice cream.
- Toddlers walk slowly when eating ice cream.
- Walk around the Trachtenfest. Basically, people wearing traditional Swiss costumes.
- Buy a glass ball / Christmas tree ornament for Dina. Worry that Alex will break said ornament for the next few hours. Update: Ball made it home. Lasted until 18:37 before Alex dropped it off the counter and onto our tile floor.
- Decide against buying Swiss whiskey (they have many kinds, and yes, one of them is called Swisskey) or honey wine.
- Wash Alex’s face in one of the fountains. Lips still stained blue.
- Explain to Alex that the woman knits with straw the way mommy knits with string.
- See the main church with the red towers. Listen to choir dressed in traditional Swiss costumes warm up. Admire art and pipe organ. Notice that there is a sundial and an astrological sign dial on the side of the church. Spiffy.
- Play with Alex on bench that looks like a dog and snake.
- See the Winterthur Gewerbemuseum (trade/craft museum). Manage to see the clocks part of the exhibit before Alex’s attention span runs out.
- Play with Alex on bench that looks like a dog and snake.
- Quick walk through 3 rooms of the Briner und Kern Museum. Thank goodness for the Swiss Museum Annual Pass.
- Play on the playground. Help Alex throw pebbles up the metal slide. Squee!
- Quickly duck into the Oskar Reinhart Museum. Picasso, Rembrandt, Manet, Renoir, Cézanne, … Having a tired toddler an my shoulders doesn’t diminish it at all.
- Take #3 bus home. Alex falls asleep on bus.
- Home by 16:50.
sounds like a great afternoon. museum passes are the next best thing to birth control.