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Zurich

A travel blog entry by kaddison

... a pig market but is now the financial centre, surrounded by the intricate and imposing Credit Suisse Building. As Thorben recommended, we walked along Bahnhofstrasse checking out the astronomical prices at the high-end designer stores. There were lots of pretty things, but it was definitely window-shopping only. We did go into Swatch to look at watches and the English book store, as well as a shop that the woman we were on the train ...

Switzerland - Day 14

A travel blog entry by carleyandtommy

... aside with a call of 'watch out' as the children who had walked up were on their way down sledge style, oh and of course good ol Basel sprinting down the hill to chase his family. Luckily the clouds cleared away from one half of the Matterhorn so we were able to get a good view and photos.When we reached the bottom we had a nice little walk around the village and had a cup of tea and coffee, or cake in Petra's case in a little tea house in ...

Where they make clocks and knives!

A travel blog entry by kwoky86

... them so I ended up
staying with a guy called Umer who is a Pakistani CS ambassador.

So after another day of not so impressive city sightseeing, except
for the fact I saw Sep Blatter at FIFA...what a c#$t, I was a bit too
far away to tell him that tho... I went out for a Thai meal with Umer,
his boyfriend, gay flat mate and another 4 gay guys, before going to my
very first gay night! It was really fun but I was hoping for at least a
few lesbians ...

Something a little more exciting

A travel blog entry by elysetopher

... any waterfalls, but it was still an awesome time to get amongst the outdoors and take in some of the amazing scenery. Part way down the river we had turns of falling out of the boat and our partner saving us. Also we got to jump out of the boat, hold onto the side and float down the river on our backs through some of the rapids. It was all fun until Chris floated towards a rock and he hit his bum. Maybe that was karma for pushing me out of ...

Cheese and Chocolate in Zurich

A travel blog entry by emjacobs24

... visit the museum, but went crazy inside the shop. Everything was so cheap, and there was such a big variety. It took so much self-control not to buy the whole shop! We all walked out with a few
goodies for the next part of the trip. The factory also happened to be near a river. The hot weather and people swimming was too tempting, and a fresh dip was the way to go. We dried off in the sunshine and ...