After about 25 or more years of visits from Katharina, Racko and now Franz in Utah, we are finally here visiting Them! Oh, happy day!! We drove about an hour from Wintertur to Rapperswil-Jona by the Zurich See (lake). This countryside is breathtaking.
Katharina and Franz welcomed us with open arms into their beautiful home overlooking the lake.
Katharina and I are both cancer survivors in the last year. She had a spot removed from her head and it’s healing well now. We are both showing off our graying hair!
What a beautiful refuge from any storm. We loved their home and the beautiful views.
Katharina brings me Läckerlei from Switzerland every time she visits because she knows how much I love these little Swiss cookies with dried fruits and raisins. They remind me of my Grandma’s baking.
We planned an outing and our first stop was the big Migros grocery store to find some Läckerlei. Of course, John went straight to the Swiss chocolate aisle to look for his favorites. We were both happy!
In Swiss and German grocery stores, the chocolate and yogurt aisles are large and full.
The cold cereal aisle?? Not so much. This is all they offer here (this is more than we usually see).
Then Katrina took us on a walking tour of the Old City of Rapperswil. We walked to the peninsula
Rapperswil is on the northern shore of Lake Zürich at the point where the lake is cut in two by an isthmus. Part of the old town, the castle and monastery are situated on the peninsula where we went walking.
In the old town we saw the Rapperswil Castle that dates back to the 1200s. There is also a monastery from 1606 at the end of the peninsula.
The views were spectacular. Does anyone ever tire of this??
The little roofs!
Now this is important. See the 2 yellow cranes across the way? That’s where Roger Federer is building his home.
Here’s a photo I found in an online Swiss newspaper that shows Roger’s construction area from the other side. You can see the peninsula where we walked across the water.
This is at the monastery:
Thing I never tire of: cobblestone patterns, flower boxes and interesting fountains.
When we returned home, Franz had the dinner Katharina prepared earlier ready and waiting. It was delicious!
After dinner we settled in to watch General Conference. What a perfect day. And it wasn’t over yet. After a good visit discussing what we learned from the speakers, we drove back to Wintertur in time for the Saturday afternoon session (on at 10 p.m. here). Then we headed to bed, full and fed in oh, so many ways!
Our Frankfurt Germany Mission 