Blogs from North-East, Switzerland, Europe - page 45

Sooooo bald geht los =) mein Rucksack steht schon seit geraumer Zeit fertig gepackt auf meinem Sofa. Ich freue mich schon wahnsinnig darauf endlich loszuziehen. Ich bin so ungeduldig dass ich bereits seit einigen Tagen meinen Kleiderschrank durch den Rucksack ersetzt habe. Die letzten Vorbereitungen sind getroffen, der Termin für die Wohnungsabgabe steht, alle möglichen Verträge und Abos sind gekündigt und das Ticket liegt neben mir. Je mehr von den Vorbereitungen von der Liste gehakt werden desto mehr wird mir bewusst: "Shit ich GEHE ja wirklich!". Das Ganze ist irgendwie noch etwas surreal. Ich habe schon immer eine Weile gebraucht bis ich geschnallt habe dass ich endlich Ferien habe. Bei dieser Reise gehts mir nicht anders. Manuela hat für mich ein super Überraschungs-Abschiedsfest organisiert wo ich noch einmal mit vielen alten Freunden eine Nacht durchfeiern konnte. ... read more

It was another beautiful train ride through the coutryside to Zurich where I met Markus, another Swiss english student that stayed with us in NZ. We went back to his brand new flat to meet Annina his girlfriend and to eat a traditional swiss meal of potatoes and melted cheese. Well there was a little more to it than that, special grilling cheese, spices and specialist equipment; mini cheese grilling pans and a cheese grill, quite an affair and delicious. The next day Markus took me up Mount Weissenstein which had amazing views out over most of Switzerland across to the Alps. It was cold, windy and overcast but that didn't dampen our mountain trek and we did get to catch the view in between clouds before having hot chocolate at the cafe. I was still ... read more

At the Hotel Alexander Guesthouse in Zurich I was trying my key in all the doors on the 2nd floor because I forgot which was my room number. Some noisy girls that were staying there came up to me laughing and took a look at my key. I didn't ask them to, they just took it out of my hand. Then they laughed at me and pointed to the stairs. I had to go up another floor. I forgot that in Europe you have the ground floor, then the first floor, then the second floor. Their laughter echoed all the way up the stairwell as I crawled to my cozy, welcoming, respite of a room. Lights out! I woke up today in Zurich! Took some snaps of the city before getting on the train to Luzern. ... read more

While staying in Oberstaufen we headed into Switzerland to check out Zurich. We also went to the very southern german border that is right next to Austria. There is a place there called Fussen. In Fussen there is a beautiful castle called Neuschwanstein. I would recommend it for anybody in that area. These two journeys were not overly adventurefull, so I will not babble on for that long. I disd not find Zurich to be all that interesting. There is not a lot to do there and more importantly not much I could afford there. Unless you really like shopping and don't mind blowing a wad, I would skip it on my trip. Of course like any good traveler you will not take my word for it and when you find yourself in that area, I ... read more

With a six hour layover between flights in Zürich I decided to make a visit to the downtown Zürich. The city centre is only 12 mins by train from the airport, and there are trains at least every 10 mins, so getting there was a piece of cake. I spent a lot of time in Switzerland as a child, I was there almost every summer during a few years, but now I had not been there for well over 10 years (with the exception of one day in Geneva). I had almost forgotten what a beautiful place Zürich is, it is really a lovely little city (well it isn't that large). But I have to admit I did not really recognise everything, the railway station and Bahnhofstrasse I recognised straight away, but other than that... I ... read more