First Full Day in Switzerland

First impressions of Zurich are favorable. It is a small city by US standards, but there is still a lot going on. Surprisingly a lot of the buildings are under 100 years old which seems odd considering how old the city itself is. Any place where the major food ingredients are starch, pork, cheese, cream, and beer (sometimes all in one dish) has my vote.

Today we walked around the old and new parts of Zurich. We saw several churches, climbed the obligatory bell tower, peered at the lake through the fog, and tried to walk enough to keep warm. Museum stops included the watch and clock museum, trolley museum, and the toy museum. All were fairly small and hidden in other businesses except the trolley museum which was a quick tram ride across town. Very cute overall.

It got up to maybe 2C or 3C today with an icy wind that thankfully only came out once in a while. The curator at the toy museum said this is unusually cold for Zurich. It is good training for our next stop, Murren, where highs are forecasted somewhere around -12C. After a certain point it does not matter what the thermometer says, it is just plain cold.

A little sleep in tomorrow and then we'll catch the train to Murren. Should be about three hours assuming we catch all of our connections. Train travel is so much nicer than flying.