The gardens of Winterthur

Rachel was excited about this stop because Winterthur is known for its decorative arts museum, but I have to confess some disappointment here.  We're not sure what was in storage because the exhibition was maps and these were interesting to be sure.  There was also the Campbell's soup

tureen collection which was more interesting than I thought that it would be.  I wanted to ride the tram through the gardens because the guides give you some background on everything that you're seeing and how the family was back in the day (plus my feet were tired of all the walking and standing

we've been doing), but we caught it at the end of the tour and

decided to walk it ourselves.  There was a nice children's garden with a fairy rings and standing stones, a quarry garden that was damp and beautiful, a tree that we decided looked like the weirwood in Game of Thrones.  All of these things were beautiful and even though it wasn't raining on us

like at Longwood, I still like Longwood better.  We have another garden to see, but I think it's going to be my winner.  Winterthur did have fat koi that you could pet and a wedding was being set up as we were leaving, the bride was kind enough to let John capture 
a picture of her.  The set up for

this wedding and getting the gardens to yourself must cost an absolute fortune, so this was most likely a very rich debutante who was very gracious and singing about getting married today as she went past us.  I have to include one more picture that most likely the nature lovers will like

that John was very patient to get and twisted an ankle in the process, but it's priceless in it's perfection of getting this goldfinch bathing so diligently.  I hope that you enjoy and love to all, jo