http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/North-East/Z-rich/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Switzerland , North-East , Zürich en-us Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:37:19 +0000 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:37:19 +0000 After 3 years thinking about sharing my nicest photos of nature and beauty I finally made it I had a great person believing in me and making me understand that I took nice photos Fatty you are the person who gave me the seeds of light and confidence and trust Thank you so much You are a special perosn in my life Then the move to Zrich opened so many doors and especially the doors of my http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/North-East/Z-rich/blog-459810.html Zurich Switzerland I have to admit Switzerland much less this place called Zurich was not on my top ldquotoo seerdquo list when traveling to Europe. I canrsquot really provide a valid reason for this but needless to say I was shocked at myself for deciding to travel to Switzerland for the weekend. My afterthoughts on Zurich WOW It is truly the prettiest city Irsquove ever visited a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/North-East/Z-rich/blog-458835.html We arrived in Zurich the first week of October. And as it often happens with a place where you live you forget to take pictures thinking that there's time you'll be here for a few months ... Well after a month of living here I finally took some pictures but I didn't choose the best day for taking photos since the weather was a bit gloomy. I'll post these pictures now but I promise I'll add http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/North-East/Z-rich/blog-452629.html With our last long weekend ahead we decided to take Friday afternoon and Tuesday as holidays to extend it even further. We hit the road for Zurich on Friday arvo. Saturday moring in Zurich was spent at an awesome flea market and the afternoon somehow vanished attending the ExpoVina. ExpoVina comprised 12 boats moored together and hundreds maybe a couple of thousand wines available for tasting http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/North-East/Z-rich/blog-451772.html Lovely place http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/North-East/Z-rich/blog-450256.html 28.09.2009 You've got to be spontaneousI spontaneously booked a trip to Bahrain an island in the Middle East. By spontaneous I mean coming home on Saturday night looking up flights and writing to my friend Saad who was my next door neighbour during our studies in Newcastle. I wrote the following email to him It's probably just a stupid idea and I'm probably not going to come but just in case http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/North-East/Z-rich/blog-442765.html 99 910ishBonjourno We are writing to you from Greece not in our original plan but that went out the window 700 train rides ago but want to update you on our Italian adventures Ryan has suffered the slings and arrows of blogging for the last 5 weeks so I Claire have given him reprieve and taken the reigns.Before we discuss Italy we must tell you a bit about Switzerland. It's only a bit b http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/North-East/Z-rich/blog-439379.html After a six hour flight during the middle of the night and NO sleep I landed in Zurich with an eight hour layover. Instead of sleeping in the airport I decided to leave the airport. I went to the train station and got a round trip ticket to the city center which was about ten minutes. The main station was in walking distance of a lot of tourist attractions like the famous windows at the Fraum http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/North-East/Z-rich/blog-434679.html Saturday was a lazy day lotrsquos of sleeping to finally get over the jet lag and the late Friday night at the Huddlestonersquos.Today Sunday we took a train into the main Zurich railway station to prepare ourselves for our departure to Venice next Friday. The train was the smoothest and quietest Irsquove ever travelled onThe main Zurich station is enormous but I guess most capital http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/North-East/Z-rich/blog-434270.html After a very pleasant breakfast in the Hotel Allegra we were picked up by Ren Huddlestone the Elite Sales Manager for a visit to the Elite factory at Dubendorf formerly the main Zurich airfield but now used by a couple of small flying school and JuAir a company operating four of the last 5 JU52 WWII German transport aircraft still flying. The JU52 was the Luftwaffe equivalent of the DC3 but http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/North-East/Z-rich/blog-433988.html An important lesson was learnt this past fortnight the hills are NOT alive with the sound of music. Rather the rugged mountain peaks groan with sleepless snorefilled nights dizzying altitudes to 3000m sunstroke water scarcity flaming knee joints and 1000's of vertical meters of sharp rock paths in the race against manic Germans to get to the next beer hut.Lesson number 2 When you're issued http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/North-East/Z-rich/blog-431629.html Goodby my friends es ish e geili farewell feete xi unds equinox de absoluti brllerDanke tuusig fr all oii glckwnsh und sgnige und di ville ntzliche shone und symboltrchtige mitbringsel.Wird oi vermisse...I'm outta here http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/North-East/Z-rich/blog-431556.html Dear ReaderToday I would like to talk a bit about arriving in Switzerland. I arrived in Switzerland as many people do at the Zurich airport. This is one of the most well organized airports I have ever seen. The arrival process is quick and efficient. After customs and baggage claim a hallway takes you to a large common area where all sorts of onward transportation is available. This is wh http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/North-East/Z-rich/blog-430597.html An age a lifetime ago way back in JuneI travelled from Slovenia over to Milan to meet up with Brent and Shona for the weekend.We ate bad pizza and great gelato fresh fig being the winner got picked on by touts and pecked at by horrible pigeons in the square. After Milan we drove north to Staefa near Zurich where the Westies currently reside.I spent a week with them in their lovely apartme http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/North-East/Z-rich/blog-429444.html I am convinced that Europeans enjoy scaring the bejesus out of me whilst I am driving. So far I have driven a grand total of three times in this lovely country and each time I seem to learn something new about the locals driving techniques or lack there of. Granted I cannot really judge them too harshly because my own skills would fall far below of what most would consider fantastic abilities behi http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/North-East/Z-rich/blog-429286.html Ann Mike leave Vancouver in late September on a Lufthansa flight to Zurich via Frankfurt. We will meet Ann's sister Beryl husband Neil there and drive east to Bauma as a base for our threeday exploration of the alpine village of Hemberg its environs where the Brunner clan have lived since the 14th century. Ann Beryl's mother was Beatrice Mary Josephine Veronica Brunner. Then we take the http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/North-East/Z-rich/blog-429038.html It has been a few days and already I am behind on my writings. This week has been incredibly busy working about 50 hours in total with one day starting at 730am and ending at midnight. During the week it seems like I will not have too much time to myself which is fine now since I don't really have too many people in my phone yet. However I just don't know if I will be able to continue this pace http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/North-East/Z-rich/blog-428669.html So fangz also a...No 12 tg i de CH. dChschtli uf de bucket list werded zuehnehmend mit hgli verziert. Min Pass ish wider i miine hnd und soebe hani n hektoliter bier bstellt bim andy vo turbinebru. Fuck ich liebe die telefon Andy tschau de k du chume 7 partyfsser go hole am fritig ish easy Eh chmachsder parat ...Dudes just to proactively answer your first questions here1. It's sw http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/North-East/Z-rich/blog-427629.html So it was my first day on the job today as an AuPair. Everything was going very smoothly all morning with no problems. I made breakfast got the kids up with the help of their Mom and after learning the security code went back to my apartment. Waiting patiently until Sean came home for lunch. And then I tried to unlock the door and turn off the alarm... I thought I had done it correctly after it http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/North-East/Z-rich/blog-427105.html It is officially the last day of my first weekend in Zurich. After overcoming my airsickness that lasted through Copenhagen and jet lag which lasted until today I feel completely aware of my surroundings. The first two days in Switzerland where spent unpacking in my new apartment location bottom floor of a guesthouse situated next to Lake Zurich. Not at all a bad place to be. The village that I http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/North-East/Z-rich/blog-426797.html