Luxemburgerli - Spruengli Treats

If you have ever tasted Lindt chocolate, then you know what real life is supposed to taste like. If you have ever had a Spruengli confectionary, then your tongue will never be the same... ever. So the company that owns Lindt chocolate also owns the Spruengli brand. Lindt takes care of the chocolate, and Spruengli takes care of the confectionaries. There are several Spruengli stores around Zurich. We visited one, and had to partake of Spruengli's perfect market offering... THE LUXEMBURGERLI. They basically look like a little hamburger, but they could not be any more different than the American fast-food mainstay. They are creamy, crunchy, sweet, creamy, and... well, perfect. They come in several flavors, and I will not tell you how much they are. But Daddy had to do some convincing before the purchase, but it was worth every penny.

Liam and Everett learning about the finer things in life.
(Notice that Liam is trying to take his apart like an Oreo... Daddy was horrified)

Here is the little box in which the perfect little things are sold.

Here is the store in which all of the little treats are sold... heaven for your tongue... for a steep price

A closer look at the Luxemburgerli, this is the passion fruit flavor.

Delaine poses next to the pyramids that invite all to enter a new way of living... good thing this place is more than an hour away from us...

Nicest Mickey D's Ever

I went to this same MacDonalds as a missionary, but back then it looked much different. This place felt like some swanky hangout rather than a fast food restaurant. The value meals were roughly $15USD, and there wasn't a single item on the "Dollar" menu that was less than $2USD. Nevertheless, it was astonishing to see this place. There were several museum quality exhibits showing the history of MacDonalds over the years, there was an entire room for kids, where there was an apparatus that allowed the kids to color on the table, etc. There was even a cool, but small PlayPlace. Everett loved the fully functional Playstation 3 that they had with a widescreen Sony LCD, even though he was a little frustrated when the older kids took over. We did not feel like we were at a MacDonalds. Need I mention that the property values on Bahnhofstrasse in downtown Zurich often rank the highest in the world? Anyway, it was a blast for us to just hang out and have some fun for a while on a cold day in Zurich. The boys loved the place, and Delaine and I just had the chance to chill out in the poshest fast food joint in the world.

This is one of the seating areas...

The Children's Zone...

Everett trying to puzzle out something in the PlayPlace...

The second of three floors (man, I got some strange looks from people for this pic)

Delaine wonders at the sheer coolness of the place...

Fifth Anneversary in Switzerland!

A street in the Altstadt (old district) of Zurich.

Delaine poses at the Swiss National Museum in Zurich.

Inside the Cathedral in St. Gallen (it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site)

Outside the Cathedral in St. Gallen.

Everett took this picture. No Joke! Pretty good, huh?

Delaine and Steve celebrated their fifth anniversary early this month. We decided to take the boys to Switzerland. Steve got to show them all a few of the cities in which he had served as a missionary. We first spent time in St. Gallen, which is only about an hour away from Liechtenstein. Then we got on a train to Zurich and walked around there as well. It was a blast.