First let me apologize for any typos because the keyboard in France has the keys in a weird order and I only have a few minutes to type! We spent three nights in Zurich, and unfortunately alot of time was spent sleeping there. The weather was cold and rainy and we were still getting over our colds. On the nice day, we took a walking tour of the city to see the major sites. The view from the bridge looking at all the houses in the suburbs of Switzerland was gorgeous. We also took a boat ride to get further out into the river, which was a fairly cheap activity at 8.00 for such an expensive city. People there must earn two to three times as much as Americans do because the prices were jqcked up at that rate. It cost 23 dollars for a cheeseburger in a restaurant we walked past - 8.00 if you wanted that burger minus the drink and fries at McDonalds!
The best part of our stay in Zurich, other than having MTV on non-stop in the hotel room, was the two nights we spent listening to live music. On Thursday we went to a prominade on the river where a band played a mix of songs in German and English and we met two older gentleman who asked us to be their dance partners - amusing to say the least, and there is video footage of this! On Friday we went to a biergarten where a Swiss trio played some classic Swiss songs with some American ones thrown in for good measure. The worst part? Not even the steep prices, but the zillions of bug bites we got fro, walking near the river. At first we were afraid they were bug bites, having stayed in hostels for a month, but then the itch became all too familiar and we are just trying to refrain from scratching so they will go away before we get back to the States in 4 days!! More posts to follow on Paris, tips for travelers who may want a to do a similar backpacking journey, and random bits of info like lists of our favorite things and our thoughts on Americans... from an American perspective!
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