We Arrived in Zurich!

Hey everyone! Well, we finally made it to our destination, Zurich. The train ride from Munich to Zurich was about 5 hours. The ride was quiet and VERY smooth. We did end up sitting next to an obnoxious couple though! They were very loud and it seemed as if they made jokes at every new person that walked passed. They finally left at one of the stops and we had the seats to ourself. We arrived in Zurich, Switzerland at about 4:45pm. The Hauptbrahnhof (central station) was very nice and clean. We purchased our Swiss Pass after waiting in line for about 1 hour. The Swiss Pass allows us to travel all through Switzerland and almost all of the major cities like Berne, Lucerne, Zurich, etc. allow you to travel for free, as long as you have the pass that you paid for.

We checked in to our very nice hotel, called Central Plaza Hotel. The rooms are VERY nice and the people that work here are extremely nice. Talk about high security though, the room key is also the key for the elevator. You cannot get the elevator to operate unless you insert your special card. We ate dinner at the restaurant at the hotel and had very good food. After dinner, Mom unpacked her suitcase and I walked around the city for about an hour. I found some very cool shops and restaurants. When I came back to the hotel, I went under central station and there was a whole other city underneath! There were dozens of shops at every turn! That was pretty much our day today and tomorrow I will be up at around 6:45am and need to be at Zurich University at 9am. I will definitely post pictures of my experience tomorrow. Talk to everyone later!

-Dan and Andrea