We have been in Zurich for 2 days now. It is a city of about 360,000 people and seems to be under constant road construction. We found out the reason for that: They have lots of money so like to keep the people employed. Unemployment here is 3%. In addition to all the construction, there are tram tracks everywhere. Many people don't own cars. It isn't necessary as you can get anywhere in Switzerland by bus, rail, tram, boat or plane.
We had a city tour yesterday which ended in "Old Town". Most of us elected to stay there another 2 hours in order to shop, wander around, etc. As I was going to enter a church to see the stained glass windows (awesome) my friend from Salmon Arm was coming out!! I knew she was in Switzerland somewhere. What a coincidence.
I wanted to buy a 3/4 length lightweight coat. The prices were very interesting. They started at 200 SKr and went up to 2000 SKr!!! Add another 20% for Canadian dollars. I found one at 79 and 30% off. Perfect for my needs and made in China (go figure!) The others were probably European made.
Today our tour was to the Rhine Falls. They were very prettty but small by Canadian standards. After that we went to a lovely old city where every building was a picture waiting to be taken. We had two hours there. The sun was shining today so very welcome after yesterday's showers.
Meals are good and the portions reasonable. For dinners we are given a plate of food which is about the same size of what we'd eat at home. Breakfasts are the usual awesome European ones with a million choices. I enjoy their muesli (mixture of yogurt, oat flakes, grated apple and ground hazlenuts), fruit and then a few slices of their wonderful bread (covered with Nutella!) Lunch is something small, not a sitdown meal in a restaurant as that's waaaaay too expensive.
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