Swiss National Day

Today is Swiss National Day, the day when the unification of Switzerland by the signing of the Federal Charter in 1291 is celebrated. The Federal Charter of 1291 was officially regarded as Switzerland’s founding document only in 1891, to commemorate its 600th anniversary, and has been an annual celebration from 1899. It only became a national public holiday in 1994. 

We woke up to sunshine, but by 8am it was raining. Then after breakfast we walked down to the village to see the flea market which is always done on Swiss National Day. It's mostly a load of old tat for sale, I think the farmers clear out their barns and there are a lot of old tools and useless things for sale, but there are some nice cow bells (see extra) and I did see some good quality old framed photos but they were too expensive to buy. We went for a flat white in the village and then set off on a walk along the river, but it started raining quite heavily so we went back to shelter in the marquee where they had a band playing traditional folk music. 

It has been a lazy day, we spent the afternoon at home and it was a mixture of sun and rain all day. Later we went out for a walk when I took this photo of Silvretta Glacier, at 6pm the light was soft and the glacier shows up rather well. There was even a rainbow later, Switzerland needs all the rainbows it can get after getting hit by Trump's 39% tariff. The UK has got off lightly, maybe all that schmoozing at Turnberry has helped us and the cost of security for his visit to Scotland was money well spent.

I have made a fish casserole for supper, and it's another night of relaxing in front of the TV.