After quite a day or two of travel, Camille and I have arrived in Zurich, Switzerland. We flew out of San Luis on what felt like yesterday, (Tuesday, May 1st), and landed at LAX a short time later. We had about a six hour layover at the airport and then boarded our plane bound for Europe at about 9:40 at night. I managed maybe two hours of sleep during the ten hour flight, but they were showing great movies onboard, so it went by quickly. After another three hour layover at London Heathrow, we got on our final flight to Zurich, and arrived here about 9:30 last night. (Wednesday, May 2nd) After a train ride into town, a short walk to our hostel, and about 30 minutes spent trying to wake the owners of the hostel, (who a bit erroneously claim to be a 24 hour hostel), we got our room, where we promptly slept the next 10 hours. Having not slept much on the plane, I think it will actually work out well, as it meant I slipped right into sleeping at an unusual time last night.
Today, we did a walk around the downtown area of Zurich. We have found it to be a beautiful city, and have discovered that we like it quite a bit. Although we speak virtually no German, the people have proven to be extremely generous and helpful. We have also decided it is probably the most relaxing "big" city either of us has ever been to. The main streets for shopping and eating have only electric trolleys and no cars, so the streets are narrow and easy to walk along. The city is extraordinarily clean and quiet, and trees and flowers adorn all the walkways and along the banks of Lake Lucern.
Tomorrow we will take the train to Schaffhausen, then hopefully find a way to get to OberHallau, the birthplace of my great-grandfather. We definitely are looking forward to seeinga bit of the countryside, as it was dark last night as we flew in, so all we have seen so far is the city of Zurich and the surrounding hillsides.
Ryan (and Camille - who is a bit tired and resting back at the hostel)
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