On Tuesday, we had plans to visit what I now believe is my favorite restaurant in Küsnacht, Falken. We went there last fall, and they served a soup as an amuse bouche that I couldn’t stop talking about for weeks!

In terms of his classes, Bill told me they would be less intense. He’d be done with them by about 5:30 or so, and then we’d go have dinner at 7:00 PM. Of course, we started our day off with breakfast, where I tried Eggs Benedict, and Bill had something whose name I can’t remember right now… I know I didn’t want it, because I think it had truffles in it. I’ll ask him what it was, later. He said it was his favorite breakfast item. Edited to add: it was called the Amer Ritter— brioche, ham, egg yolks, and truffles.

The photo on the far right is the chilled egg salad we skipped on Monday. I’m glad I got to try it. It was delicious and refreshing. I want to make it at home, now! The three tiered etagé, is also in the photo.

After breakfast, we parted ways. I did some writing, and then headed down to the lakeside for a peaceful afternoon. If I recall correctly, pretty much nobody annoying was in the “beach” area, except for me. But the hotel staff did put up a curtain that blocked off a large portion of the garden. They had a private event.

The one visit I remember, besides the swans that showed up after my brief swim, was the Stadt Zürich steamboat. I made a video for my husband’s daughter. Bill and I took a long lake cruise on her sister, Stadt Rapperswil, last fall! I didn’t see the Stadt Rapperswil last week. Maybe she’s in “dry dock”.

Check out these swans. I hear they mate for life. I tried to get good photos, but I was too lazy to get up and take proper shots…

I worked on reading Entitled all day, sharing some of the most shocking passages with Facebook friends. Former Prince Andrew and his ex wife, Sarah Ferguson, really are pieces of work, even if Andrew Lownie’s book is only half true!

After a few peaceful, idyllic hours spent by the lake, watching birds and fish, I headed up to the room to wait for Bill. Then, once he arrived, we got changed and walked to the restaurant, which is located in the actual town area of Küsnacht. It’s maybe ten minutes away, if you walk slowly, like I do.

We were seated outside. There was a young couple with a very friendly and cool dog. Just after we sat down, an American woman sat near us. She turned out to be a fellow Jung Institute student who had traveled from the Dallas area of Texas. We didn’t speak to her, but Bill later saw her in one of his classes. She spoke of her fears that after the Trump regime ends, there will be a lot of traumatized people, and not enough people to counsel them!

An English speaking Italian couple sat at the table next to ours. They, too, were from the Institute, although I think one of them might have been an instructor. They kept looking over at us curiously. I don’t know if it was because they wondered if we were going to the Jung Institute, or they were just impressed by what we ordered.

In any case, the amuse was once again delicious. This time, it was a soup made with parsnips. I have developed a real fondness for parsnips since I’ve been living in Europe again!

Bill had the special soup, which was made with saffron. I went with a salad that had chopped eggs, bacon, Italian vinaigrette, Parmesan cheese, and Iceberg lettuce. I kind of wish I’d gotten one of the soups on the menu, instead. I don’t usually like salads that much, but I thought I’d prefer something cool. In retrospect, I might have preferred gazpacho, or even the coconut lemongrass soup.

Bill had sea bass (Wolfbarsch) for his main course, while I went with three varieties of ravioli. I almost didn’t choose the ravioli, because one of the varieties was made with veal, and I don’t like to eat veal if I can avoid it. But most of the ravioli was vegetarian, with lime or spinach fillings.

Then, for dessert, we had what we had during our first visit– Crema Catalana for me, and cassata for Bill. The Crema Catalana is a lot like creme brûlée, except it’s lighter and thickened differently. It was delicious! Bill loved the cassata, too. There were other desserts that were appealing, but they were the kinds of things one can get at a lot of restaurants. I haven’t run across many places that have Crema Catalana or cassata.

Then we finished up with a Hennessy brandy for me, and a grappa for Bill… just because we enjoy that restaurant so much!

After dinner, we walked back to the hotel and decided to enjoy another glimpse of the lake… I got a few photos of the walk back. I’m sure it’s not easy for the locals living in Küsnacht, especially at this time of year. The big signs warning against noise and littering cracked me up. They like to discourage the riffraff from acting up!

That about does it for Tuesday, June 23rd. It wasn’t a super exciting day, but I did enjoy the relaxing lake, and the rest I got from hanging out by the lake.