Salzburg VI

Mosaic Floor IV

Village

Little Horses

I see these little horses on my "animal walk" with Charlie.

Alpages

We caught another impromptu alpages near Gruyères, Switzerland last month.

Kleine Scheidegg V

A tram line.

Polo!

We went for a walk in the Versoix forest and were surprised to come out of it onto this meadow where people were playing Polo!

Early Spring Walk in Switzerland/France

The white dog is the size of a small bear!



Border stone with a Fleur-de-lis on it marking the French side.

L'Escalade

These shots are from L'Escalade which occurs every December in the Old Town of Geneva. It is celebrating the defeat of the surprise attack by troops sent by Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy during the night of 11–12 December 1602.

According to Genevois legend, Catherine Cheynel, originally from Lyons and the wife of Pierre Royaume, ("Mère Royaume"), a mother of 14 children, seized a large cauldron of hot soup and poured it on the attackers. The Royaume family lived just above the La Monnaie town gate. The heavy cauldron of boiling soup landed on the head of a Savoyard attacker, killing him. The commotion that this caused also helped to rouse the townsfolk to defend the city.

All over town you will find marmites (cauldrons) made of chocolate and filled with marzipan vegetables and candies wrapped in the Geneva colors of red and gold.

"Der Willy" and his little horse friends

Der Willy likes getting hugs from Kristen, one of the owners of Hotel Kistenpass.

Little Horses

The owners of the Hotel Kistenpass have little horses in the backyard. Here they are in a snowstorm. They are so cute! They also have a donkey (affectionately known as Der Willy) who will take you for walks around the village. Alas, I did not get to go on a walk with him this time around because of the weather, but hopefully next time we go I will!



Here they are checking out Gibby, the Rat Terrier.



Feeding time!

Alpages at Annecy - The End

A roadside lunch.