Switzerland 2018: Day 14

Today was our last fun day of vacation.  The plane ride home doesn't count because that is never fun, lol.

We headed to Zurich today.  On the way we got caught up in "cow traffic".  They were moving a herd down the road and we were stuck behind them for a little while.  Wren thought it was awesome.  They had people holding ropes at the front and back of the small herd and that kept the cows from crossing in front of on coming traffic.  It was all very organized and the cows seemed like this was nothing new to them.  It was fun to see.


Zurich is a cool city in that they have public bikes you can borrow for free.  Because of this, it is almost impossible to find a place to rent a bike.  It was our plan to get a bike and explore the city on bikes.  There are some really nice places to ride.  The downside is we were unable to get a bike with a kid seat.  They have them but they were all taken out for the day so we had to abandon that plan and just wander around on foot.  This was less than ideal.  We were looking forward to changing up how we got around for an afternoon and you can cover more ground with a bike. 

We wandered through the old part of the city.  We had to stop for gelato for a snack.  We also found a carousel and had to take a spin. 






From our hotel.

From our hotel.




Zurich looked like it had all of the types of shops that I had been hoping for the rest of vacation but they were all closed because it was Sunday.  Most of the restaurants around us were closed too.  We found a vegetarian buffet that was near us and was really delicious.  Not the way we planned on ending the trip but it all worked out. 

One last big travel day and then home.

Comments

  1. JimNovember 4, 2018 at 7:16 PM

    That was such a fun trip to read about and the photos were great. You should be really proud of the kiddos.

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