Posts Tagged ‘switzerland’

Operation: Croissant and Operation: Chocolate

Friday, June 4th, 2010

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Last Sat­ur­day night at Casa Goat­beast: an intense meal of Goat­lady spe­cialty chili, fol­lowed by an intense Blitzkrieg plan­ning ses­sion, fol­lowed by an absolutely satanic choco­late berry baked cheese­cake, cour­tesy of the Full Metal Camp­ground Chef Vagrant and his lovely lady.

The end result? Some very full bel­lies and a tour diver­sion: after Party.San, we spend one night in Stuttgart, cross the bor­der into France to stay one night in Stras­bourg, then over to Switzer­land, for a night in Zurich, before head­ing back into Deutsch­land for Sum­mer Breeze. In ten min­utes we man­aged to dou­ble the num­ber of coun­tries we will be visiting.

Three coun­tries in three days is a tad intense, but we’re a dis­cern­ing lot and the prospect of the diver­sion of French pas­try and Swiss choco­late before head­ing back for more Ger­man beer is very appeal­ing. Oper­a­tion: Crois­sant will be accom­pa­nied by the sooth­ing sounds of Gojira, while Oper­a­tion: Chocolate’s sound­track will fea­ture the unholy Fis­cher trin­ity of Hell­ham­mer, Celtic Frost and Triptykon.

Help us out: what must-see and must-do things are there near these spots?

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The land of chocolate, cheese, and bank accounts

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

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So all along, we’ve know that this year we were going to Wacken, and spend­ing more time in Poland. But how we would spend our time in between these two loca­tions was still up in the air.

Last year, we went (far too briefly) to Slove­nia, then spent a week in Italy. We were think­ing of spend­ing time this year in Nor­way and Swe­den, but in the end we’ve decided to go to Switzer­land instead.

Why Switzer­land, you may ask? Well, not for Toblerone, moun­tains, cheese, clocks or Swiss bank accounts – but for art and black metal. From Ham­burg, we’re going to fly to Zurich, then take the train to Gruyères to visit the HR Giger Museum. We have four nights all up and will divide our time between these two places, although exactly how we have not yet decided.

If pos­si­ble, I’m also going to try and get my hands on a death mask made by Tom Gabriel War­rior, of Hell­ham­mer, Celtic Frost and Trip­tykon fame. These masks are gor­geous works of slightly unset­tling art and while I’m not sure I’d trust deliv­ery to the reg­u­lar postal sys­tem, in-person pick up is appar­ently some­times pos­si­ble. Fin­gers crossed.

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