Happy Swiss National Day

Tomorrow is Swiss National Day, which is evidently a big deal but we will unfortunately have to miss it. You'd think this means no work on Monday--WRONG! The Swiss haven't adopted the civilised custom of taking weekend holidays on the adjacent Monday or Friday, and this year just about every holiday seems to fall on a weekend. We may still get a taste of the festivities because the nearby town of New Glarus, which touts its Swiss heritage, is having a Swiss Volksfest celebration. I'm not sure Gretchen can handle both Volksfest and Loon Day all in the same week, though...