Zic Zac Hotel Zürich

I had a great time in Zurich. I enjoyed Lake Zurich most of all. I took a ferry ride along about half the length of the lake, and I also spent alot of time walking along the shore and beach area. I also enjoyed swimming in the lake. Of the other things I saw in Zurich, I walked up the Grossmunster, which had a great view of the city. I also visited the Landesmuseum, much of which was under renovation, but but the open areas were plenty to see. I probably spent the most time in Zurich just wal...

Sunday Zurich

Checked out and walked down to the station. Being Sunday there were lots of groups and families heading off to the snow. Best train yet. Two storey, really quiet and we had the whole first-class carriage to ourselves for the first hour. Sunny day so great view of the mountains and lake the whole way. Found the Zürich hostel amongst all the back alleys. It's a themed hostel where each room is named after a rock act. We were in the 'Deep Purple' room, almost the only ones i...

Well, after another really long day of traveling, we have finally made it to Zurich. Last night at the campground, we backed up after dinner where I had a prosciutto calzone. I then had an after dinner coffee drink...which is what you are supposed to do in Italy. It was good but strong. After some packing, we met up with the Georgia girls at the campground bar. We chatted with them for a couple of hours about our trips and what things we missed from the US, haha. One of them told me about an ...

Our first day in Zurich we arrived late in the afternoon and didn't have time to do much except shop for some fruit at the co-op. The second day was a bit more interesting. We got up and did a great hike on the top of the surrounding mountains just outside of the city. From there we could see the entire city and all of its surroundings, including the Swiss Alps. After we had finished our hike, we had to change hotels since we had only booked one night at the Marriott. Unfortunately the place ...

Hi everyone!!!!! I am writing this blog from Zurich, Switzerland!!!! We are sitting inside a Mcdonalds using the internet here!!! haha pretty funny but I guess it is a good idea for Mcdonalds to have internet!!!! Today we left the campground on the 8 am bus. We got to the train station and caught the 9:30 train from Rome to Milan. The italian train system is notorous for being slow and late and of course we were late...30 mintues late and we missed our connecting train to Zurich. We had to wa...

Day 52 - After another good breakfast we boarded the train bound for Zurich. Through the Alps we went admiring the scenery. Unlike many places, Switzerland looks exactly like it does in the TV shows. The mountains are larger than life and it was impossible to snap a picture and not have it be beautiful. However, it seemed like every time I saw a beautiful scene, we would go through a tunnel before I could get my camera out and turn it on. I finally started leaving my camera in my lap. It was ...