Zurich In 5 Hours

9:30PM GMT+1 7/1/2009 in Zurich, Switzerland

I'm now going to talk about my day in Zurich today. After leaving the train from the airport we went straight to our hotel to rest from our 16-hour journey. After about half an hour we went out to go on a walking tour of the city scheduld for 3:00. We arrived at 3:02, but we were late. The Swiss are so punctual, that they say you can set your watch to their trains, buses, boats, etc. Because we missed the tour, we decided to guide ourselves down one of the main streets, Banhoftstrasse, which starts at the train station and goes down to Lake Zurich. It was a very "expensive" street, comparable to Champs-Uysesses in Paris, France. We passed by many stores to see the ridiculous prices. There was a watch store that sold Rolex watches for 20,400 Swiss Francs (Approx. 19,500 USD), and the restaurants sold a simple lunch for what was equal to around $30. At the end of the street by the lake, we got admission on a boat ride around the lake. Although the boats are used to commute between the many villages of Zurich, many tourists ride them to view the scenic lake by the alps. The ride was to start at 4:00 and return at 5:30. According to our watches, we left the main port at the second 4:00 started and the anchor was dropped on our return at precisely 5:30. No wonder the Swiss are obsessed with watches. After the boat ride, we walked through downtown Zurich and by the river. After about an hour of walking and eating, we took the tram back to our hotel by the train station and were there by about 7:00PM. We got the internet to work at the hotel for 4 hours so that's why I'm writing now. Tomorrow morning, I'll be going on a ride up a Swiss Mountain to have a view of the beautiful Swiss Landscape.

By the way, the way we can do so many things in Zurich for free such as the boats, trams, and tours is the Zurich Card and the Junior Card. The two things together let us do so much in Zurich, and they paid for themselves minutes after we bought them.

Today's Pictures at:

http://picasaweb.google.com/GuitarGodAdamp/ZurichDay1

Note about Pictures: I will try to upload the pictures of my travels at http://picasaweb.google.com/guitargodadamp