Some weeks ago now, whilst visiting Zuerich I was given an Easter gift by my Swiss hostess - a Swiss chocolate bunny. It seems that this iconic figurine is not only a prominant celebrity in Swiss lore, it is now the subject of the Austro-Swiss bunny war! Now the day has almost arrived when I can eat it. She also sent one for boynton who has come close to eating hers every day since it arrived. I've had to distract her with other (inferior) chocolate treats and miraculously the other gold bunny is still intact.
An interesting French Easter legend:"...The flying bell--cloche volant--comes from an old French Catholic tradition holding that on Good Friday all of the church bells in France take off and fly over to the Vatican in Rome, hauling with them all of the misery and grief of those who mourn Jesus' crucifixion. Then the bells fly back to France on Easter morning, and in place of the misery and grief, they carry lots and lots of chocolate in the shape of rabbits, eggs and . . . bells!"
BTW Today is dog registration day.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
