Blogs from Zürich, North-East, Switzerland, Europe - page 2

I took a different way into the city today - go figure there was some demonstration so my tram was detoured and of course all the announcements were only in German. I followed my GPS dot on Google Maps and hoped for the best lol. Thankfully the detour ended two stops before my stop. I love taking trams, btw. It gives you a more intimate view of the city - little neighborhoods, people getting their groceries, kids dribbling ice cream everywhere, all that good stuff lol. Anyway, I ventured out on my boat cruise today - stifling hot in the sun, so it was gorgeous on the water and the breeze did absolute wonders. I made sure to sit in the shade - it's the first time I've been chilly all week! I was so content ... read more

Yesterday was a bit of a travel adventure. I'll explain at the bottom - but first today! Today I went full guns a blazin' - Rhine Falls and Uetliberg mountain. Rhine Falls are continental Europe's largest... I'll admit the pictures beforehand made them look dinky, but even though they are short they are POWERFUL. I will forever love the roar of a good waterfall - it's so soothing yet mighty. The mist didn't hurt either, with this heat. The viewing platform pretty much puts you inside the fall, you're that close. It's amazing. I listened and just soaked it all in for about an hour before a giant gaggle of tourists showed up and the vibe died lol. Back to the city I go. I've quickly learned the chocolate shops in the touristy areas often give ... read more

Renata and I left Thursday night on our way to South Africa. We had an 11 hour stopover in Zurich before we had to continue onto our flight to Durban, South Africa. So we thought why not explore Zurich in the meantime. Getting from the airport to Zurich was easy. We just had to take the train from the Airport station Zurich Flughafen to the main station Zurich Hauptbahnhof. Bahnhofstrasse Street After we arrived in downtown Zurich, we walked down the famous Bahnhofstrasse street. Bahnhofstrasse is Zurich's main downtown streets known for being one of the world's most expensive and exclusive shopping areas. At the end of the street you hit Burliplatz where there is a weekly market on Friday from 5-11am. It was interesting to check out the European market and see the flowers and ... read more

We packed up, had our normal hostel breakfast, and hit the road again, this time heading to Zurich, Switzerland. This time not only did we not have many tunnels, and no long ones, but about half the trip we beside the beautiful Lake Zurich. My wife was trying to take photos every few minutes! As usual, the roads were good and there was little traffic, so we arrived in Zurich by a little after 10am. Unlike the last two times, we had no problems with the route the car's navigation system came up with, but this time the hostel was on a back street with no apparent parking nearby. We ended up going back across the bridge to a place we'd passed with metered parking and a few open spots. We pulled into one, put 3 ... read more

Nachdem ich 2000 schon mit dem Auto durch den Gotthardtunnel und 1998 mit dem Zug durch den alten Gotthard-Eisenbahntunnel gefahren bin, habe ich mir für diesmal die Fahrt durch den neuen Tunnel mit dem Zug vorgenommen. Daher habe ich für heute die Strecke mit dem Eurocity von München nach Zürich gebucht. Die Reise begann allerdings etwas dumm mit dem Ausfall der geplanten S-Bahn. Zum Glück war ich ein paar Minuten früher am S-Bahnhof und konnte gerade noch die S-Bahn davor erwischen. Am Münchner Hauptbahnhof bin ich an einem neuen Starbucks in der unterirdischen Passage vorbei gegangen. Ich hatte ja schon zuhause 3 oder 4 Espressi getrunken und wollte im Eurocity noch einen Kaffee trinken. Der Zug war bis zur Schweiz nur zur Hälfte gefüllt und erst ab Sankt Gallen wurde er voller. Ich habe die gleiche ... read more