Blogs from North-East, Switzerland, Europe - page 15

FRIDAY 8 APRIL – ZURICH, SWITZERLAND Our last morning we went for breakfast at another friend Nadja's house who also lives in Ingelheim with her husband Michael and 2 daughters Lily and Ava. Last time we were in Ingelheim, we stayed with Nadja but in another house in town. Corky and I were on our honeymoon at the time. After breakfast we said our sad goodbyes, loaded up our van and headed south for Zurich, Switzerland. The drive took us through Heidelberg where we stopped for lunch and to explore the famous Heidelberg Castle. After we were sated with food and history, we headed down the autobahn with Corky reaching 150kph in the slow lane! I don't think the van or my nerves could cope with going any faster, especially since the view started to blur. ... read more

I travel by train to the beautiful city of Zurich. The train ride was breathtaking as far as the sights were concerned. I would look out my window and see the snow caps still on top of the mountains, and then the greenery in the valley's. This was probably my most favorite train ride in all of the years I have travelled thus far. When I arrive at the train station, it was raining very hard, so I put on my rain jacket, get my instructions to the hostel, and away I go. If I am not mistaken, this was the first time I have had to try to find my hostel during a pouring down rain. Not fun. Every time I would pull out my instructions, they would get more water soaked and harder to ... read more

After Interkalen we headed to Zurich for one final day and night of exploring. We walked around for a while and ate Fondue at a well rated spot. After that I packed my bags and prepared for my trip home. Farewell travel, until next time.... read more

Who said travel was easy? The scene starts with an overnight flight from Barbados to Frankfurt where you are served dinner at 11 pm local time and breakfast at 2.30 am. You get off the flight at 4.30am but it is 10.30am local time. Feeling fresh (I wish) you find the correct rental car counter only to have drama – “No, you cannot go to Croatia.” “But on our form, it says we can go!” Debating with three levels of management later, they will let us take a Mondeo station wagon to Croatia, but not the car we booked, or the offered VW Jetta. Much debate later and a calming word from Eileen (who was ‘bag sitting’ for the duration), we take the VW and kiss goodbye to Croatia. Only an hour late, we get out ... read more

July 11th: Still not feeling 100% but it's that annoying thing where it might be hunger pangs (I ate nothing yesterday) or it might be ongoing stomach issues... so I'm having a very simple, very careful breakfast, then I might have a quick lie down to see how that goes. I'd like to get out and about because I'm heading to Milan tomorrow and I don't want Zurich to be a complete write-off! -Later- Zurich is looking more and more like a write-off, thanks to this stupid gastro thing. After a decent rest at the hostel I have braved the streets but I can't eat any of the nice foods I see and I'm worried about exploring too far since I just got hit with some fairly crippling stomach cramps a second ago... it's ridiculous really, ... read more