From Zurich to Frankfurt

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Today we're on the move from Zurick on the ICE (highspeed train) to Frankfurt the next leg of our trip before we pick up the van.

While we were waiting at the Zurich central station we found a very unusual peice of artwork ... it looked like a giant square block

of bulbs on the roof that flashed different colours randomly, but on closer obsveration we discovered something very cool - there was

a touch screen that projected the patterns that you touched on the screen onto the giant colour square on the ceiling - check out the

images.

The ICE was a really comfortable train we had window seats opposite eachother in the second class coach, although about 10 minutse

from arriving we were told that we were in the right seat numbers, just the wrong coach. Conductors checked our tickets after every

stop, and never bothered to say anything, therefore it mustn't have really been a problem.

Everyone seems quite nice and eager to help. We sat next to a Nigerian/British man on the train who spoke to us most of the trip and
he was really nice. He is a GP working for the British army soilders' family members in Hannover. We had a great laugh with him and
he gave us a few tips too.

We even had a Kiwi guy come up to us when he heard us talking about Australia etc. He was from Auckland and was studying at the

University in Hannover. He said it was really nice to run into someone from down under, and that he could pick our accent from the

other end of the carriage.

We're in Frankfurt now but wont see too much. We arrived in the afternoon at about 2pm and checked in, and Kellie was such a cranky

beeryatch you would not believe it - dont think she is over that second leg of our flight yet. So have spent most of the time in

Frankfurt catching up on sleep.

Tomorrow we are heading to the Frankfurt Zoo and a bit of sight seeing around the city.

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Photos

All can see
Posting it so all in the train station could see

Novotel Zurich
Kellies arty photo of the courtyard infront of our hotel in Zurich.

The art
The conrtol of the bulb art in the Zurich Hbf

Craig working
Craig working on the ICE just before Kellie sleeps

Craig sleeping
Craig sleeps on the ICE while Kellie takes photos.

ICE view
Views from the ICE

ICE view
Views from the ICE

ICE view
Our first view of Germnay from the ICE - Beautiful countryside

Kellie
Kellie in our little spot on the ICE

Frankfurt Hbf
Arriving in Frankfurt.