Wandering Through Zurich

Today was a lot of fun! We walked around Zurich, and it is really pretty here. We have some great pictures to upload once we get to a place where we can do that. It is very, VERY expensive here, especially compared to the other places we have been on this trip. Our hotel had breakfast...for a mere 22 francs a person! (That is about 25 dollars a person.) We declined. As we went through Zurich seeking food, we found that the price was actually pretty common. We ended up eating one hamburger each and drinking water we had brought with us. We did not have enough money for a drink as well, even one to share. We walked all day today. Even the tram was insanly priced- it cost 3.90 per kilometer here! We ate lunch at a "cheap" place, where we each had a very small (but DELICIOUS) foccia sandwich and two teas and one hot coffee for the low, low price of 33 francs. The waiter also kept calling Kirk and Jeremy "darling" , but he never called Cathy that.

We did splurge on a visit to the zoo. It was worth the 66 francs (about 70 dollars) we spent. It was a long, uphill walk, but we did have a nice side diversion because of it. We asked a person if we were going in the right direction, and he told us how to get there and also mentioned that James Joyce was buried at a nearby cemetary. He is the only non-Swiss person buried there. We stopped by and had a nice walk looking for the grave (on our way out we saw the map) and then went to the zoo. The person who we asked directions for asked how we knew he spoke English, and found it funny that we had no idea and were just taking the chance that he did. We got quite a few nice pictures and it was a very pretty, although long, walk.

We had supper at a very cute bar and pizza place, where we ordered two small pizzas and one coke to share. (They do not do free refills in most places in Europe.) It was good, but again, expensive. We were still starving so we stopped at a grocery store to buy snacks, and also at a brat stand to get a brat to share, along with some fruit. Now we are waiting at the train station for our night train. We booked sleepers and will wake up tomorrow in Rome. After all that uphill walking, we will sleep well. We will catch you there!