Easter is an important holiday here in Switzerland. I have a 4 day weekend because of it. This feels very unusual since we don't get any time off at my U.S. University for this weekend. Chocolate Easter candy started showing up in the stores as soon as Carnival was over. We had fun looking at the chocolate and cake displays in Switzerland and France - everyone does it a little differently, but all are colorful and artistic. There is one odd picture in the above collage (upper rightmost picture). On my bike ride to work, there is a wooden carved rabbit in the woods just off of the road. As Easter got closer someone added a big ribbon to his neck - honestly I found it a little creepy...
One display really stood out though because it combined the Swiss tradition of butter zopf - that yummy Sunday bread - with an Easter display. Usually the zopf is in a straight braid, but here it has been braided into a large basket filled with Easter eggs and surrounded by chocolate bunnies.
Happy Easter,
RMS
Happy Easter,
RMS
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