All Hallows Day

First, let me say this is not my work but from a design company JÜTA ENTERPRISES of Zürich who went into liquidation in the late 90s and have been removed from the Swiss Company Listings. I cannot, therefore, contact them.

The contract to produce this postcard, one of a series of six in my possession, was given by my then employer Grand Metropolitan Retailing as marketing giveaways in the restaurants.
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In German Allerheiligen and better known as All Saints' Day in English.

Another public holiday in Bavaria and another one to catch Nigel and I out being used to the British "tradition" of hanging public holidays on to the end of a weekend and simply ignoring the actual date. Such that the 1st May in England is only ever on the 1st May about every seven years (don't please complicate the issue with Leap years)

So what do two expats do on a day when everything shuts down and on top of that is a very solemn day and a so-called "stiller Feiertag" or silent holiday. No dancing or public music allowed by law, except of course at church services.

Midweek public holidays had always presented us with a challenge to which we rose in typical British expeditionary manner and set ourselves the task of visiting at least three countries.

One such day, we drove from Munich to Innsbruck over the Brenner Pass and down into Brixen in South Tyrol, northern Italy and could enjoy a cappuccino before legging it back the three hours and 240km. 500km and 6 hours for a coffee did seem excessive.

So this holiday we wanted better value for money and took off for Zürich which involves a stretch of Austria around Lake Constance. The autobahn wasn't completed back then so I guess it took longer than the 3 hours Google shows at as taking in 2018. The 300km one-way doesn't change.

We got to one of the Spaghetti Factory restaurants in the city in time for lunch. The chain was one our company had bought in December 1988and was looking to roll the brand out in Europe. It didn't ever come to much but in 1990, they did manage to open one branch in Nüremberg which we both attended for the official ceremony.

Back in 1989, it was also planned that my team take on the auditing of the half dozen Swiss sites but that like Grand Met's conquering of Europe never did materialise.
 
Nigel and I did achieve the goal for the day.