Astor Zürich

... three course meal consisting of cheese fondue, bratwurst sausage and grated potatoes and finished with pavlova and ice cream. A very traditional swiss meal which was very delicious.

Hoping the winds had died down, we headed back to the lift to see if we could get up the top of Mount Pilatus. The story goes...or myth....that apparently Pontius Pilate came to this mountain for personal ...

... here in Croatia is like a weird social experiment--locking up 40 college students in a hotel in Croatia... yesterday we finally left the resort complex and went into the town of Pula. It's a 40 minute walk or a 15 minute bus ride. I walked there and bussed back. It was a cool town, but kind of annoying to get to. It reminds me of Algeria. There's quite a few roman ruins around, which is really neat. And the main part of the ...

... Velo auf die Meiersalp gefahren und habe dort gecampt. Die Nacht war Sternenklar und die Temperaturen auch noch relativ hoch (ca. 5 Grad Celsius). Es wird deshalb bestimmt nicht meine letzte Testfahrt gewesen sein.

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... in during the summer. We were actually a bit bored that day as there wasn't too much to see and we were getting quite tired of walking around. We had a nap and read our books and played Yatzee in the afternoon. Then we had dinner and then some snacks and wine out on our balcony before bed.
We headed into Zurich the next day. We didn't see too much of the business district but instead stuck to the old town. It was a nice city ...

... was alles in den Keller soll und was in den Koffer geht. Zum Glück habe ich dann am Sonntag Hilfe bekommen, sonst wäre ich sicherlich heute noch dabei mir den Kopf zu kratzen und zu überlegen. Einen Dank geht hier an Carsten - der mir auch freundschaftlich angeboten hat, die letzten zwei Nächte bei Ihm zu verbringen.
Gestern Abend, nach der Schlüsselübergabe und einem Apéro bei Rogér, habe ich in der Longstreetbar in Zürich meinen Abschied gefeiert. Schön ...

... waiting at popular spots when you get off the train. Very efficient. And of course prompt people. How do I know that? Well since I missed a train yesterday I showed up to my hostel at about 9:40, which was fine because they were open until 10 pm. However, what I had forgot is that when I made the reservation on-line it had asked what time I would be arriving. I put the original time that I thought I would be arriving which was 5:30. When I ...

... thing was at 2pm while we were eating some brats, this old lady sitting next to us ordered a beer to drink down her sausage while me and sunny were sharing Evian. Kam, thanks for the info on the pizza place, and we are not in Switzerland for long but we are going to swing by after Italy so maybe we will get a chance then. Do not fear though, we will be taken care of in Italy (theres no apostrophes on this keyboard so thats why i ...

... wisely, because now I had CHF 2253.18 to spend on SHOPPING! I walked to Alprausch; here I found a lot of casual clothing, I spent CHF 150.00. After there I just had to go to Bernie's; here I found brands like Armani, baldessarini, D&G, Etro, Romeo Gigli, Guess, Hugo, Just Cavalli, Ktion, Missoni, Paul Smith, Puma, Ralph Lauren, Roccobarocco, Sartoriale, Stone Island, strenesse, Voyage Passion, here I spent CHF 700.00. I ...

It has been a great day in Zurich. We slept in until 9 this morning before heading out to see the city. Since we are so messed up on what day it is, we did not even realize that is was Sunday here. Therfore, all of the shops were closed all day. So that means, we have to wait until we are leaving tomorrow morning to get some good swiss chocolate. Anyway, we walked all around the city, which is divided by a river and lake. We had nothing to see here so we just strolled and ...

The next morning was relaxing, because it wasn't a travel day, and I didn't have to pack. We would be sleeping in Lucerne again that night. Most of this day was free for us, except an afternoon excursion and supper. So early in the morning, Laura and I went back out to explore more of Lucerne and to shop. We crossed the walking covered bridge again, and spent some time enjoying looking at the blue waters of Lake Lucerne. We saw a few boats out on ...