Where are the Jelly Beans?
The Frey chocolate factory outside Zurich makes 30 million chocolate bunnies each year and all the Zurich confiseries are filled with amazingly intricate candies including some cute and sometimes funny candy animals. In Stavanger, the favorite item is a large decorated and colorful egg and there’s much less chocolate. I saw jelly beans once in Zurich but can’t find them now that I want them. Norway shuts down beginning tonight with grocery stores open on Saturday, but hotels, restaurants, business and other stores are closed until Tuesday. Very few people are at work with Larry; the cafeteria is closed until Tuesday. Both Switzerland and Norway view Easter as a holiday not a holyday. After the long – or short – winter everyone wants to spend time outside. So skiing and visiting one’s hytte (rustic cabin) or traveling seem to be what people are doing. As for us – we’ll be searching for jelly beans.