Jade's Visit

When we flew home from the US, we brought our 12 year old niece Jade back to Switzerland with us for two weeks. The first weekend she was here we surprised her with a trip to Paris. She was a huge help with Noah and I am sure if he could talk he would be saying how much he misses playing with her. More to come on Paris in a separate post.

She was great about trying new foods (even Escargot!!) and so kindly stayed home with Noah one night so we could go check out Zurifäscht.
In fact, Jade was quite lucky in that while she was in town, it was Zürifäscht. It is a 3 day city-wide fair that only takes place once every 3 years. They essentially shut down the center of town and millions of people come. 'Millions of people' is a lot for a country with less inhabitants than New York City alone. It was really amazing- lots of rides and food, air shows (which were astounding and we could see from our balcony), and a fantastic fireworks show (which we could also partially see from our balcony). At night the city turns into a giant club, with DJs set up one after another
We spent a lot of time at the Seebad, and Jade was here to see Noah start walking consistently. She was his personal walking coach :)

Jade at the Seebad where she spent many a day in Zurich

The guys just after they finished a very sour shot... clearly the other two are better at masking the pucker