So as I have no knitting progress to regale you with, \u00a0here are some of the sights of Z\u00fcrich in the rain….<\/p>\n
a street in the old town..<\/p>\n The square in front of the Grossm\u00fcnster (cathedral)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.runquiltknitwrite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/24.jpg\" "\\"2\\"")
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The rain still hasn’t stopped. It feels as though we haven’t seen the sun at all since we returned from Rome. I think there were a few hours of sunshine sometime a week or so ago, but mainly it has just been rain, rain and more rain…and more still forecast \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n
Peter and I decided to visit an art exhibition in Z\u00fcrich yesterday afternoon, but when we got there the line was right down the street. Mmm I don’t think so… The art gallery in Z\u00fcrich is showing the B\u00fchrle collection – a fabulous group of impressionist paintings. They were previously housed in a very elegant villa just outside the centre of Z\u00fcrich. Unfortunately the security at the villa was a little lax and a few years ago there was a spectacular robbery in daylight and four of the best-known paintings were stolen. Two were eventually found in the carpark of the local mental hospital, but the others have never been seen again and the villa has been closed since.<\/p>\n
Oh well, Peter will have to try another day. The collection will in future be housed in the art gallery – which hopefully does have proper security and insurance!<\/p>\n
Instead we had a rainy afternoon mooch around Z\u00fcrich and coffee and cake before heading home. I also found another ball of Lana Grossa sock wool – not the same dye lot, but beggars can’t be choosers and if I need it I’m sure the colour is near enough that no-one would be able to tell. Progress on the second sock is a little slow. Isn’t that always the case? Finishing a second sock is always a little bit of a fight with myself. There isn’t any more excitement \u00a0wondering how it will turn out and it becomes an exercise in self-discipline. I felt much better after reading Stephanie at Yarn Harlo<\/a>t when she wrote about the number of single socks she has waiting for their pair. If she has trouble, what hope is there for the rest of us?<\/p>\n So as I have no knitting progress to regale you with, \u00a0here are some of the sights of Z\u00fcrich in the rain….<\/p>\n a street in the old town..<\/p>\n The square in front of the Grossm\u00fcnster (cathedral)<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
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