Switzerland: Zurich

This is our first time in Switzerland, and we're impressed. In our usual style we detoured on our way home and squeezed in yet another wonderful European city. It was a long flight from New York to Zurich, about eight hours in total. We left in the evening and arrived in Zurich at about 2 in the morning New York time. 

The Main Street

After keeping pace with locals of New York City, including bumping shoulders with strangers in student bars, getting drunk at breakfast time, surviving the subway and navigating our way through the ever entertaining crowds of people on every block, we found walking through the main streets of Zurich was like a country town.

We walked until we found a small coffee stand on the river bank. At this point we were very much in need of coffee and a relaxing view of the river, and here we had both. We drank coffee and watched swans, and sat. It was fantastic. 

Next we made our way to the top of Lindenhof hill. The area is a large recreational space and apparently the historical site of an old Roman castle. We took another opportunity to pass some time and take in the view of the city.

We later bought ourselves a picnic lunch and headed towards the lake and parklands nearby.

The best thing about this time of year is the flowers coming into bloom. I don't know if it's a temperature thing, but in Australia we just don't seem have all the whimsical trees that suddenly come to life in spring as they do here.

We found ourselves a nice spot on the lake and pretty much lived here for the rest of the day. Not a bad way to recover from a long flight I would say...

- Kate