Mom and Dad visiting from Canada

Torrey here, finally taking a turn at writing a blog post!  My parents visited Switzerland for three weeks in September, so we got to spend three weekends hosting and travelling with them.  Our first weekend was in and around Zurich.  Our first day, we took a short trip down the side of the lake to Rapperswil, a relatively small town not far from Zurich.

We walked along the lake to the town, and then up to the castle.

Rapperswil from the lakeside walk.

Claire and Mom at the Rapperswil Castle

The castle has a "Polish Museum" dedicated to the history of Polish people, especially Polish people in Switzerland.  Many of them were businessmen, artists, poets, and politicians.  However, I was more interested in the exhibit about Madame Curie, who did important early research on radioactivity, and was the first woman to win a Nobel prize.  The museum has a some of her original laboratory equipment.

Madame Curie exhibit in the Rapperswil Polish Museum

The museum also has a nice collection of interesting art, (and they allowed photography!)

On our way to the train station, we stopped in to visit the Rapperswil Rosegarten.

"Rosengarten der Stadt Rapperswil" -- Rosegarden (of) the City Rapperswil

I practiced my close-up photography for a while... I'm working on becoming a better photographer, but have a lot to learn!  This one turned out nicely though.