Dear Aussie Pal and I went to the Zürich Wine Expo last week, which I must say was rather good fun.20Francs got us into the event, which was spread across about 5 boats, all moored at the top of the lake and gang-planked together so one could wander easily between them. Each boat had about 15 different vineyards represented in booths, and at first DAP and I were a little confused about how to proceed, since the program was all in German. Needless to say we soon got the hang of it, and we soon discovered that her v. good French was rather useful, as were my few not-so-good words of German.
We started out with the Swiss wines but hastily transferred the centre of operations to the Austrians, which we enjoyed tremendously - especially the dessert wines.
Following that little sticky interlude, the German whites were a little disappointing, but we forged onward, and forced ourselves to try several more before we decided we might do well to quit while we were ahead.
So we trouped off to get some hot chocolate and dessert at nearby Globus, in Bellevue.
This is a place I'd cast longing glances at in passing, several times. During the day the outside tables are jam-packed with punters, and a bread-stall sells the most divine-looking loaves to passers-by.
So, as you can imagine, it was pure joy to sit with an old friend and watch Zürich pass us by as we shot the breeze and nibbled on fig tart and tiramisu.
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