Renaissance Zürich

Here I am, sitting in my tiny little room, in a beautiful wooden chalet looking out onto a snowy landscape. Today is the second day of snow and it's only October. I have been predicting an early winter for weeks now and am rather happy that my predictions have come true.

To glad to be home I recall my recent trip to Ardeche, South of France. As customary for this time of year it was windy and cold. Non the ...

... wieder europäischen Boden (6:15 London Heathrow) ....ok es war nur england aber immerhin!
Dort wurden wir 3 mal aufs brutalste gecheckt bis wir endlich am gate waren. Und um 7:53 flogen wir mit der Kaputtesten Maschine los die die BA zu bieten hatte, bei der beim Start bei der vorderen Reihe die Sauerstoffmasken rausflogen und die cabine Crew nicht wusste was ...

... chair where we could stop and admire the view. Catching the cable car back down to Lauterbrunnen, we saw the waterfall which plunges from the mountain to the valley in the middle of town. We walked up to the town and found a cafe which had pies soup and good coffee. It also had an English book exchange which thrilled Katelyn as it had one of the Twilight books. English books have been few & far between in Europe.
Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland kiama_on_tour

Time to get the car and drive to Buonas! We decide to drive to Lucerne before arriving in Buonas. There's this wooded bridge Andy wanted to see. What a good decision that was. Lucerne was amazingly beautiful and totally worth the extra 30 minutes in the car. We had lunch by the river, and took pics of the bridge before arriving in Buonas.

... are works of art protruding from the towers, and in front of the cathedral is a beautiful bench with fun creatures wrapping themselves around it.

When we were almost out of time on the meter we made our way back to the car and continued east through Switzerland.

... the city before I had to catch an overnight train to Vienna. I walked around old Zurich, checking out the cuckoo clock shops and swiss army knife vendors. I settled on a simple but useful knife, deciding that the clock would be a little awkward (although look damn funny) strapped to my pack.

... started to really know. We didn't really have much planned for Thursday, except to finish packing up. So, somehow in the middle of the night on Wednesday, it was decided that we would play beer pong the following evening/night while the rest of the students were finishing up their classes and then we would all have one last hoorah. So, one last ...

Olemme nyt ehtineet viettaa Zürichissa muutaman mukavan paivan. Hiukan on tosin satanut. Hyva puoli sateessa on, etta se on ehka vahan hillinnyt jalkapallofanien riemua. Ja Sveitsihan tosiaan havisi jo tassa alkuun, joten heilla ei ole erityista syyta iloita. Ehka turkkilaisten voiton jalkeen on ollut tahan asti kovin mylvinta ja toottaily kaduilla. Keskiviikkona tapasimme Felixin sveitsilaisia sukulaisia, jotka asuvat Adliswilissa. He ...

... is beatifull. Seems half of Zurich was either around the lake, or on a boat in the lake. In the evening we met up with Fez, whom we hardly recognized. He has lost about 30 kg, gave up smoking and drinking, is engaged.... And that was the Zurich leg already... Next destination... Roma!