Montana Hotel Zurich

... in Europe) and bought her a few things. We ventured in and around the city by tram and by foot and took pictures by Lake Zurich. Since we had a day, we did not make it to the alps. We picked up army knives, cheese, and chocolate amongst a few other ...

... Lake Lucerne country to Lake Zurich country in comfort, providing us with good views of the scenery from our top level window seats. Our hotel in Zurich is the same one that I stayed at last time I was in town with Charles: the Etap Zurich West. It is ...

... by snow-capped mountains. Highlights included the amazing medieval bridges and old city walls. Late morning we continued the journey to Zurich, and enjoyed lunch in one of the traditional beer halls. In the afternoon, I went exploring through the old ...

Finished the work in Zurich and set ...

... bookstore across the street, but she quickly realized that all the books were in French. What's a French bookstore doing in Zurich? Whatever.... I snapped some rainy pictures, initially holding off until the rain stopped, I now realized that it was never ...

... glass windows designed by Marc Chagall and toured though its interior. The tour also brought us to a scenic outlook point on Lake Zurich for some photos and fresh air. From there we walked nearby the river and the charming Old Town of Zurich, eventually ...

... through red lights, not letting walkers cross and ignoring bicyclists demands), I finally make it back to the hotel. A brief moment of madness (leaving Zurich after I pick up Melinda) turned into a desire to finally get around to writing this blog. I ...

... . If anyone is looking for a book recommendation, She's Come Undone, by Wally Lamb...thanks Krista! I arrived in Zurich by 2:00. I walked to my hotel from the train station. The Seidenhoff hotel is right off of Bahnofstrasse, the most famous street in ...

... see them "on a trip" to really believe and appreciate this. Traveling with our cats is really wonderful. Our hotel in Zurich, The Hotel Krone Unterstrass, is excellent. It accepts pets and is family-friendly, and it has comfortable rooms along with ...

... get our ideas from movies, so although there is some truth to our perceptions, they are greatly exaggerated generalizations.   Zurich is the cleanest city I've seen in Europe so far.  There's almost nothing littering the streets or sidewalks ...

... sized bed and went to sleep. Woke up around 1 pm caught up on some work and went for a walk around the city. Zurich is incredible. Sitting on a giant lake surrounded by mountains. It was refreshing to see a quiet town with people walking dogs and just ...

... main attractions like the Grossmunster, the Fraumunster, and St. Peter's Cathedral. We walked though old town, and along the river. Zurich is such a lovely city. When we were at the Grossmunster we had the opportunity to climb the tower, and look down on ...

... to succumb to the fever of shopping....LOL! We ventured in and around the city by tram and by foot and took pictures by Lake Zurich. Since we had a day, we did not make it to the alps. We picked up army knives, cheese, and chocolate amongst a few ...

In Zurich the old town has been divorced from the modern mainstream city. This is good and bad.  The good part is that it has practically no traffic, so it is easy and pleasant to wander the narrow streets and admire the fine buildings and ...

We stayed at Hotel Aldstad. It was a small luxury hotel located in old part part of the city. It was really small. We had funny incident with the lift. Our room was facing the street below. It was located next to a Siamese restaurant. So at nite, it can ...

... one "teddy" sponsored by a lingerie store which was outfitted by a bustier, fishnet stockings and stilettos. Very disturbing. Zurich is a banking centre and there are dozens of mysterious highend private banks with swanky receptions manned by serious ...

... to Zurich the next day, however, since I didn't want a repeat my first day in the UK (and after checking hotel prices), I decided to head directly to Zurich, especially since the rates at the hotel were a mere 129 chf a night (around $110). I planned a ...

... Zurich theme for the summer is Teddy Zurich 2005. There are large eddy bears of different themes, very colorfully painted, everywhere in Zurich. We saw one numbered 543, so there are at least that many! We visited an apothecary to get a new inhaler ...