Thanksgiving In Switzerland

I was invited to a two day training session in Switzerland over the Thanksgiving weekend. I was there about eight days and had a wonderful trip. Annabel was not able to go due to prior committments. While there, everyone came up to me speaking Swiss German at ninety miles a minute assuming I was also Swiss. I had to wait several sentences before I could break in and let them know. Everyone was friendly and most spoke some English. I saw a soccer game and a riot afterwards in Zurich between Zurich (winner) and Basal (they have a feud that rivals the Civil War). I stayed in Rapperswil at the Hotel Jakob next to a castle built in 1283. The scenery was exactly as you would picture it in your mind. The weather was not too cold with clouds and sun alternating daily. The pictures are of: the home of the Tyco engineering manager who invited me to dinner with his family, the bridge in Rapperswil leading to the Lake Zurich coast, a catherdral high in the mountains, me eating lunch in Engleberg at 2,800 meters (God knows how high that is, meters mean nothing to me), Mount Titlis, fellow students enjoying a pizza, town square at Rapperswil with the castle high left and the Hotel Jakob at immediate right, and three Americans consuming wine at an old monastery just to fit in. By the way, Thanksgiving means absolutely nothing in Europe so I missed all the good food , football, and family fun but it was great. Love to all.