We made Zurich our base in Switzerland mainly because that's where the flight home would depart from, knowing that we'd be making three day trips across the country and have a half a day on either end to visit the financial capital of the country (and arguably the world.)
However, after the high speed shlepping we'd done since leaving Austin (I traveled for 10 days before we left for Europe) we were beginning to get a big goofy... and finding our hotel in Zurich turned into an ordeal. The place turned out to be a good 45 minute walk from the Hauptbahnhof, which we did, dragging our luggage and tuchises behind us. It only made sense that a tram stop was around the block. (Hopefully those stupid "coincidences" will stop before we take the wrong turn and fall off a mountain or bridge or something!)
So using Rick Steves as our guide, we got on the tram (whew!) and headed down to wander the old town of Zurich. It was surprisingly beautiful and very much what we'd expected cities in Switzerland to look like.
It was a very pleasant afternoon and evening, as the slide show will bear out (enjoy!).
Sometime after dinner, we discovered that the umbrellas we'd dragged around with us the entire trip were now missing. No telling where we'd dropped them or how they'd fallen out of the daypack...we just knew they were gone.
So of course, the heavens opened up with the heaviest rainstorm we'd seen since we arrived in Europe. (I guess we had another one of those "coincidences!") When we walked into the hotel, the front desk clerk started laughing and said, "You got vett! Ve haff umbrellas for you to borrow!"
("Coincidence" number 3!)
Assuming we can wade through the piles of vett clothes and towels on our bathroom floor, we'll head down to Luzern tomorrow... and we'll take ALL the rain gear. So I'm sure it will be sunny!
NEXT STOP - Luzern (Lucerne for all you Safeway shoppers!)
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