RSSIn Zurich
I hadn’t realized how beautiful Zurich is along the lake. Even in the overcast weather of the weekend, people spent the daylight hours outside along the water.
Both the lakefront and Hauptbahnhof are the nerve center of Zurich, revealing two things: the people of Zurich appreciate nature, and appreciate their rail system.
In the main train station, she was armed with a water bottle. And he clinked his gun. These two sights marked my arrival to and departure from Zurich.
People fill their water bottles in ornate public drinking fountains, and young soldiers board trains with firearms strapped to their backs.
I’ve developed a habit of drinking only bottled water while traveling – part hypochondria, part craziness. But I swear that this habit has kept me from getting ill – as I don’t ask my body to re-adjust to different water quality in each place I visit. Or I should be collecting dividends from the bottled-water industry.
The gun-slinging soldiers cause some winces. The 19th century law that allows (encourages?) soldiers to bandy about their weapons is now up for review in Switzerland.
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Benjamin Thomas from the USA has been using Eurail Passes to explore Europe. On this weblog he shares his (train) travel experiences. Intro
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