Wellesley Inn Atlanta Airport Zürich

... planning on going to Spain but due to certain events within this past month it was canceled. So I sit here on my antique bed wondering what it is that I should spend my precious holiday with? Loosing unnecessary weight? Shopping? School work? Redeeming my friendship with my best friend? Or just sitting around getting fat?

My answer is, a little impromptu shopping trip down to Lugano.

Until later, S

... 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 ...

... back to Lauterbrunnen. We were using our Swiss pass that day and decided to see how much extra it would cost us to catch the cable car up to Grutschalp which was on the mountain above Lauterbrunnen. It was free with the pass, so we went up to a beautiful view over the town plus Wengen and the fog had lifted, so we had a great view of the mountain peaks. We decided to do a short hike along the path towards Murren and found ...

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.

We got off to a good start this morning and made our first stop in Winterthur. We walked around looking for the Old Town, and once we found it we walked around some more. We stopped for some street meat for the boys and checked out the cathedral. There are elaborate pipes ...

... lighting, one for natural lighting but the most interesting one was the one that changed the window from see through to frosted so that while you're in the bathroom, the other occupants in the room can't look in. Yeap, they had a window that looked into the mini-bar area from the bathroom! After going camera crazy of the suite, we went downstairs and as I waited for Toby to get a hold of his siblings, I went to shop at the little gift shop. Surprisingly ...

... hours at the Swiss National Museum, which although it was under renovation had a few interesting exhibits, namely one on a hoard of Roman gold found in cities in and around the region. We spent our second day mostly out on the water, renting a paddle boat on beautiful Lake Zürich followed up with an hour and a half ferry ride (it was including with our 24 hour transport ticket) all around the lake. We managed to avoid using the ATM ...

... itä-länsi -suunnassa Limmat-joki, mikä laskee sitten Zürich-järveen. Kaupungissa on noin 380.000 asukasta, mutta koko Zürichin alueella n. 1.1 miljoonaa. Itse ainakin ymmärsin hyvin sveitsinsaksaa ja kommunikaatiossa ei ollut minkäänlaisia ongelmia. Englantiakin sveitsiläiset puhuivat hyvin. Kaupunki on vähän hintava jopa suomalaisessa mittapuussa, mutta kyllä joitakin asioita sai samoihin hintoihinkin. Eikä Zürich nyt niin kovasti kalliimpi ollut kuin Suomi, mutta aavistuksen ...

... the apartment, we made a quick little adventure out of the evening by wandering the nearby streets. First reactions... Venice is a dirty, beautiful city. It has this mix of poverty and classic architecture that is oddly appealing. There are no cars, just boats and buildings sitting on hundreds and hundreds of canals. We walked around for a few minutes in search of food, something we've been doing a lot. Eventually we stumbled upon a ...

... peace as a basic human right and as a fundamental part of our human tradition. Happy New Year Everyone! For more on "Silvester and das Neue Jahr", see: http://german.about.com/library/weekly/ aa010499.htm For more about the Fraumünster Church and the stained glass windows see: http://www.isyours.com/e/guide/zurich/f raumunster.html For more on the Circus Conelli see: http://www.circus-conelli.ch/conelli/in dex.htm and http://www.veress.se/conelli.htm