Friday, September 07, 2007

Insel Ufenau

Last weekend on Saturday we went to a local fair in Oberrieden where the kids enjoyed some rides.
Mini train ride

On Sunday we took a little boat trip to a small island in the upper stretches of the Lake Zurich called Ufenau. It was just under an hour trip and when we got there, JP was very upset and kept saying "we just went here!"; what happened was that JP was here on his first field trip back in August and he remembered the place.

It was a very small island owned by the monastery in Einsiedeln since the 10th century. There was a small church which was used for sermons for the upper lake region (now it’s closed).
After doing a lap around the island, we took the boat to a castle located not far from JP and Syd’s school in Au (just 10 mins. from home!)
Outside the Au castle

Ufenau island

On Monday JP and Syd took a trial gym class. It was oh so much fun. JP was the oldest of the class he did most of the stuff on his own (climbing, jumping, hanging from a rope, walking on 4 on parallel bars, etc). Needless to say, I got a workout just helping Syd and making sure JP didn’t get hurt.