Zurich

In Zurich, I enjoyed an evening dinner and drink with a friend that lives here. I have another friend in Munich Germany who I had hoped to also meet out in Zurich, but it didn't happen. Munich was celebrating the city's 850th anniversary and so there were lots of festivals that couldn't be missed. (Can you imagine the atmosphere?! What fun!) So, obviously I understood not being able to meet him in Zurich.

I spent some time in a disco here in Zurich, but it was too smokey and I was tired so I crashed around 2am. It's a cool town and like all Swiss towns, they pride themselves in the safety and cleanliness of the town.

Recently, Zurich was again rated one of the best cities to live on earth. I'm not going to look up the ranking, but I will leave you to Google it. Very cool and multicultural town. I walked around the town even late at night and it was nice not to be bothered by shady individuals for a change. There is no trash on the streets anywhere or even in or near the waterways. As with most of Switzerland, there are old fountains throughout the city that still function and in which people are welcome to drink freely pure glacier water. The environmental movement has taken strong hold here as you can imagine -- with many businesses advertising that they are carbon neutral and the like. Most of Europe utilizes energy efficient water and electricity sources or install features which eliminate waste (timed lights, etc).

One last interesting note, other cities have ducks and trash in their waterways; Switzerland has swans. Just an interesting point to consider.

Keith is in Interlaken doing the mountain biking adventure. He is scheduled to leave Switzerland after me.

Heading back soon... I think... I wish not.