After sleeping in and working from bed until noon (that did me the world of good!), I decided to venture out and explore…
It was an overcast day, around 1°C / 33°F, but crisp and lovely. My hotel is right in the middle of the city, across the road from the Limmat River that runs right through the centre…
Yes, they are fur-covered seats at the pizza parlour…
…and for a main street, this one is quite deserted… Look right…………
……look left……………………..
The people are extremely friendly – although there don’t seem to be many people here! 🙂
…and go figure – I decide to have a ‘local’ lunch and the restaurant I walk into is Middle-Eastern!
…but it was delicious if ghastly expensive – the average normal meal here is between $30-$40 USD. Even just cheese and tomato on toast at a cafe is $12. Anyway, as I said, it was deeeeeelicious.
Oh, that reminds me – Switzerland is not part of the EU and still retains its own currency of the Swiss Franc – that I always thought was funny… Franc (as in French) is the currency – German is the language…
So, if you plan on visiting – and I would recommend it – make sure you bring some Swiss Francs and brush up on your German.
Well, back home now to get a lot of work done – will do a little more exploring tomorrow…
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Back again… Still not feeling 100% so decided to stick close to home (hotel) but wanted to experience a Swiss restaurant and figured I should do one of the very best (and told the credit card to take a deep breath…)
This is the Chagall room – and yes, there are original paintings lining the walls…
Walking back to the hotel and looking for a particular blue leather jacket I spied in a window yesterday (that I have since found and adopted), I thought I might find somewhere to buy a bottle of wine to enjoy later in my room… I found this lovely-looking wine shop, however it was closed – but wait… the man walking to the door? The owner! Perfect timing!
…and am now curled up working in my ‘local’ – just around the corner from the hotel – the waitress is named Francesca and this is a lovely spot to hang out…
While there is so much to see and do in Zurich, me thinks it will have to wait for another visit.
Tomorrow is my final day here, leaving Friday to take the train through the Alps to Budapest and think I will rest up tomorrow.
Sending love and smiles to all…
~ Bella
