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... which left a lot to be desired.
December 12
Pretty uneventful day: walked to the train station, took the 10-minute train ride to the airport, flights from Zurich to Gatwick, and Gatwick to Prestwick.
Just a side note of something that I think would only happen in Switzerland: when I put my MacBook into the security bin, the security guard asked me, “That’s it? You don’t have an ipad as well?” ...
Switzerland - Day 14
... Unfortunately there was not the best customer service so we probably stayed there longer than we intended. After our little tea break it was time to head to the train station and make our decent and travels back to Hottwil, turns out everyone else though this was a grand idea as well. Two to three hours later we were back at our humble adopted Switzerland home tucking in to some left overs before we all crashed out totally exhausted from the day's ...
My last stop in Europe.....
... the Assistant Photographer, and this was a “shoot” for a travel centre. The train was called The Red Arrow and apparently had been ridden by Winston Churchill.
I found out later that this was a scheduled excursion, and perhaps they just decided to photograph this particular one for the brochures. According to a website I checked, “The next one is scheduled for 30th September and is for a “Swedish Breakfast”, from 10.13 ...
Like Clockwork
... of Euros and I had to withdraw new money after trying to buy a tram ticket with the wrong currency. The ATM gave me a single 100 CHF note which I then had to break. Usually it’s a nightmare even getting change for a note of half that value. Not in Switzerland though, and certainly not in Zurich. My first Swiss purchase was a 3 CHF block of milk chocolate, and they didn’t bat an eyelid when I paid with a hundred. Chocolate and large sums of ...
Cutting the cheese...on the Swiss Rail
... winter. Then Steves parents rushed off to the airport and we started our journey into Germany.
I really loved Lugano, Lucerne and Zurich. No its not bc we recieve free ice cream in Lucerne AND Zurich. They had a lot going on in a centralized areas, the cobble stone streets are always a hit, and they are all along bodies of water. However the cost of things does put a pin in the balloon. There are a lot of other beautiful neighboring countries where our money could go further. ...