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I agree even when I travel in the USA I try not to eat chain food, rather local restaurants to try and get a feel of their home cooking.I was trying to ask do they Bar-b-que in general like we do in the west? Looking forward to hearing and seeing more about your trip.

We went to every cheese vendor to find a specific type my mother wanted, but it turns out it was seasonal. I don't remember the name, but the cheese is soft and thus only sold in the winter months.

lol...I was going to say the same thing. I would go nuts over the cheese venders.

I'll be talking about foods in a future blog entry. I didn't see anything remotely like Texas-food there, nor would I have hoped to find any. I'm far more apt to try out something that is local cuisine when traveling, to find out what it is like.

One very common staple is veal in Switzerland. Their veal is our hamburger. And it is delicious.

I really have no idea how it was done back then. I don't even dwell on that, as I'm more impressed that they are still standing hundreds of years later. The roads that the city puts down has potholes a year later - wtf?

lovely photos. i especially like the one with the cheese. my kind of food. postcard material indeed!

The ceiling height from inside the structures is awesome. Wonder what their rationale was for building that way? The chaps cranking out pillars never had to worry about unemployment ...

Cool trip love the pictures thanks a lot for sharing. Would you mind talking a little about the food there. What do they eat,how was it, do they have anything close to smoked/bar-b-qued brisket like TX?

Very nice pics Marc! I bet ya had a great time with ya family.

Thanks.

That's a result of my sb-800 flash.

Cool stuff Marc! My wife and I have friend whose parents are from Basel.

The tomb picture with the window is really strange.I'm having trouble grasping what the dark shadows(?) are on either end of the tomb at the bottom of the window are?

Everything looks awesome Marc! I especially like the Candy Canes and the Gorgonian, very nice.

Great pictures, thanks for sharing.

You're going to have to walk 10 miles a day now.

well, don't forget that it is ready-made. So you take the whole thing and start it up at home or office. That's worth something right? The problem with that is the buyer probably has no idea how to keep it alive. None of us would buy it, but someone buying a gift might find value in the ready-to-view state it's in.

The description also states "custom lighting". I don't want to say that is too expensive without knowing what lighting is included... However, the 2 gallon Fluval all-in-one retails for around $60. I'm not sure I would want $400 in lighting on a 2 gallon tank. That would still leave the contents of the tank at $200.

the biggest drawback to the lfs is the prices, even though I can haggle them down on livestock and coral prices here I found it more worth going to a fairly local entrepreneur here that orders fish and corals through his wholesaler and is able to sell them at a very small markup since he runs it out of his house he has no overhead, but I would have to say that the last comment is why they are able to mark it at that price, most people are so used to bending over and taking the lfs prices that they think that is a deal.....

Looks great. Can't wait to see more!