Zurich - The Capital City

So after spending time in Montreux and Interlaken, we figured we should stop off in the Capital City of Zurich.

All in all this post will be brief. It is not a skyscraper type city like NYC or Chicago. It has smaller, gothic looking buildings, even the big banks use these buildings. There is a huge shopping district, but it has the same stores you find everywhere (Prada, Gucci, blah blah). It was raining on and off all day, so we kept going into stores to steer clear of the weather. It was nice to walk around and see the capital, and if we had another day we would have went into the older part of town to see more architecture and museums.

We went out for dinner in Neiderdorf which is the part of Zurich that is known for its restaurants and nightlife. We went to the Hotel Adler's restaurant, the Swiss Chuchi. The food was just fine, we had meat fondue in broth instead of the cheese/bread fondue like we had in Interlaken.

The interesting part of the night was a couple in their late 60's sitting next to us from England. He is a retired marketing professional and she was a former flight attendant for 39 years on British Airways. They retired, and he is now teaching at the University in Perugia, Italy. They were a very nice (and drunk) couple sharing some life lessons and words of wisdom with us. They were kind enough to give us their contact information in case we make our way to Italy one day.

And that about sums it up. We left the next day to fly back home.

I am sure you have read enough, so it is time for me to "Ausfahrt".....