Blogs from Switzerland, Europe - page 253

Went to geneva, went on a boat in Lake Geneva, saw (and got sprayed) by the tallest fountain in the world. Went to the UN building and it was closed.... read more

We've made a decision. A large one I suppose. Before I reveal the decision I would like to outline a few of the factors: 1) Being cooped up in our little hotel in Grindewald for all but two hours of the day due to foul weather. 2) Our initial excitement over the exchange rate from the dollar to the swiss franc (the first positive one we've had) having been decimated by the price of everything and paying 40 francs for parking in Zurich. 3) Eating salami, assorted swiss cheese cubes with pretzel rolls that we bought at the market for lunch and dinner because it is too expensive to eat in restaurants. 4) Realizing that we were supposed to get some special sticker for our car in order to drive in Switzerland but neglected to do ... read more

For some reason the site doesn't want to take our pictures, so I went ahead and uploaded them to our (dwindling) photobucket site. We don't have much on there, except for the Grindewald pictures until the site is working again. Here's the link: http://s31.photobucket.com/albums/c363/KHervey/ (Hopefully it works...) K... read more

So after soaking sweat through our clothes, drinking all our water, and then reaching only the half-way point for our hike, a few hours later, we called it a day. What was posted on a local sign as an hour hike to a glacier, turned into a 3 hour hike, through what seemed like a Swiss wilderness!:) (What we understood on the sign was hike, what they meant was twenty minute drive to the parking lot, and 40 minute hike to the glacier. It took us the whole hour and a half to get to the parking lot!) We both decided hiking is not so bad, but we much prefer surfing for the reward! There's something blessed about being in water and being able to ride a wave and dip back into the cool water. We ... read more

Monday 6th August Day Twenty-One, We wandered up the lane to the local train station 'Sihlwald'. It looked like something straight from the 40s and had stacked logs and even an old steam train! We arrived in Zurich and walked over then along the river. Exploring the quiet, shady streets we found 'Café Schober', as recommended in the rough guide. This funny little place was a Swiss Chocolatier on the inside with a café on the patio outside, bedecked with false flowers and serving amazing drinks, cakes and desserts (we had hot chocolate). Some more strolling round the old town followed, then a stop by the lake to people watch (including crazy diving antics!) and finishing with a glimpse of the newtown's expensive shops and business-lunchers! We returned to the old town to choose the best ... read more