Today I came home from Paris, which I find is a very interesting City with so much to see, especially the amazing Eiffel Tower!

I’ve been there for only few days but I’ll go back for sure. But next time I’d rather go in spring or summer. We had bad luck with the weather and I didn’t take that many pictures. Despite the weather we had a great time in Paris and I really enjoyed it. (except the challenge of the public transport: metro, trains and buses) The reason we went there now was the concert of Yusuf Islam, also known as Cat Stevens. Once more he was awesome!!

Anyway below are some impressions.

The Eiffel Tower (324m high)

Metro (Underground Trains)

The Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Paris, commonly known as Sacré-Cœur

Colourful Cafés

The Louvre Pyramid in front of the Louvre Museum

The Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel

Galeries Lafayette: view to the top

Galeries Lafayette: view to the ground (Not quite my natural environment 😉 )

Today we went to Neuchatel and visited the company Spectratime, which creates atomic clocks that are used for GPS systems among other things.
The light from a rubidium discharge lamp shines like bright purple fluorescent light, it’s pretty fascinating! Apart from that I’ve learned a lot and realized how much effort it needs to test something (for months) before it can be sent into outer space! http://www.spectratime.com

And finally I got good news: I’ve passed my post-graduate studies and am getting my diploma as a ward-leader in January 🙂

Yesterday was a lovely day with a foggy morning and a wonderful sunny afternoon. It’s autumn here now and sun sets around 5pm looking from my balcony. 🙂

So I took the chance to make a visit to “Papiliorama” in Kerzers. That’s a little indoor paradise with lots of butterflies! It has a Nokturama and Jungle-Trek as well. I can definitely recommend going there! http://www.papiliorama.ch

In the afternoon I went to Murten which is known as one of the prettiest towns in Switzerland.

Rainbow Tucan

I love that chimney! (The picture was taken from the townwall)

Murtensee (Lake Morat)

People know that I’m not a big fan of zoos, but today I had to say that I like Zoo Zürich.
They are continuously improving the Zoo and building better areas for the different kind of animals.
Recently they’ve opened the new “Kaeng Krachan Elephant Park” which is pretty impressive.
Another great part of the zoo is the Masoala Hall. It’s a little rainforest in the middle of Switzerland. It even has a short treetop-walk!
Furthermore on 17. of June an elephant was born. His name is Omysha and he’s pretty cute.
The spectacled bear on the picture below was born on 16. February this year.
So if you’re interested in Zoos, have a look at this one. I’d say it’s worth supporting it. (http://www.zoo.ch)

It’s already a week since our holiday and work kept me busy. Here are some last impressions of the wonderful Valais in summer.
Valais is also a great area for skiing holiday in winter!
So enjoy your weekend and don’t forget to visit new places 🙂

Lac de Derborance – a true paradise!

Walk off the track: great hike!

Barrage de Moiry at 2250m

Because of the “Grand Raid” (a mountain-bike race) there were a few helicopters. Seeing them made me want to fly one! 🙂

Sunrise in Raron

Valais Blacknose Sheep

Matterhorn, Switzerlands most beautiful Mountain with a height of 4478m

Stellisee

Grünsee (Greenlake)

Matterhorn from Gornergrat (3089m), we even got some snowflakes on our head, but the view on the glaciers was impressive!

Some more impressions of Switzerland 🙂

Grimsel at midday 🙂

Grasshopper on my tent

Lac des Dix, its gravity dam “Grande Dixence” is the tallest in Europe with a height of 285m!

Swiss cow

Glacier du Mont Miné

Detailed view on Glacier du Mont Miné

Four days of Openair-Gampel were so awesome, I can’t even say what the highlights were, because the festival was a highlight all in all!!
Not to mention the warmhearted people, amazing surroundings and the perfect weather!
The drive home along Grimsel mountain pass was the perfect ending of that great time!

so here’s just a list of what performances I really enjoyed (following the order of the time they played):
Thursday:
Allys Fate
Royal Blood
A Day To Remember
Skindred
SKA-P (great music but the dancefloor was a bit to crowded)
Volbeat (including a big fireshow)
Turbonegro

Friday:
Sinplus
Lo & Leduc
Itchy Poopzkid (pure punk)
Reel Big Fish
Fettes Brot (usually not my style of music, but hey they were great!)
Heaven Shall Burn (hard music but it was packing!)

Saturday:
Open Season
American Authors
Frank Turner and The Sleeping Souls (he even sang a song in Swiss-German!)
Blacklist Royals (just great! bought 2 CDs straight away and got autographs of them 🙂 )
Die Fantastischen Vier (anniversary show)

Sunday:
Ritschi (especially the song “Öpfelboum u Palme”)
Kadebostany (just wow!)
The Kyle Gass Band (loved the song “Bro Ho” 😉 and all the rest!)
Casper
Krokus (great old swiss rock!)

http://www.openairgampel.ch

Sunrise in Zürich on 31. July 2014 at 6:30am

Sunset in Rapperswil on 1. August 2014, followed by an evening of wonderful fireworks above Lake Zürich

It’s already been a year since I left Australia.. time flies…
Anyway, I wanted to share that awesome picture with you; on the following link you’ll find the “Astronomy Picture of the Day” 🙂
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

Have a wonderful day 🙂