We woke up to a beautiful day but Irene had warned us that the weather would get worse throughout the day. Today is Rick’s Aunt’s (a true aunt) 60th wedding anniversary and last year Rick promised that we would be here for the celebration. The party would be over dinner in Zurich so we had the day free. We decided to make our annual visit to Appenzell which is ground zero for the Manser clan.
Here is a map showing Mettendorf and Appenzell.
Of course we didn’t take the direct route but when the scenic route, up and over the mountains on the winding roads. Here are some pictures from our ride.
We arrived in Appenzell and wandered around, looking, shopping and exploring neighborhoods. Appenzell is very traditionally Swiss and quite lovely. Here are pictures from our walk.
We had nice lunch at the Säntis Hotel. After a little more strolling, we headed to Zurich for the dinner.
We met Irma and Walter, Rick’s aunt and uncle at their apartment. Their neighbor rode with us to the restaurant. At the restaurant we met Walter’s three sons as well as his two grandchildren. We really hadn’t much exposure to that side of the family. It was a long night for me because almost all the conversation was in German. Here are some pictures from the dinner.
After dinner we returned to Irene’s, but not without getting fouled up several times because of construction on the roads and outdated GPS software.