Zurich - December 11th

Today we got on the bus at 10 to head to Zurich for the final day of the trip.  We arrived at noon, checked in and headed first to have lunch at Felix, a very busy cafe.  Cost of living seems high in Zurich.  Our lunch, a shared club sandwich, was 30 Francs.  Dinner at a place called Joe and the Juice (which included a really tasty sandwich with a cracker like bread) was 30 Francs for the two of us.  Sodas pretty much everywhere were 4 euros, Starbucks was over 7 for a tall frappicino.

After lunch we walked with Dale and Patsy to the train station where there was a Christmas market that included a huge tree decorated with swarvorski ornaments.  They do a new one every year.  We were kind of thinking of getting one, but it was 89 Francs and not in the budget.

There was also this amazing chandelier.  It lights in a spiral from top to bottom.

We walked the market, but didn't see anything that had to come home with us.  The markets along the Rhine have more commercial products, candles, lots of food items, gloves, socks, etc, so not as much fun as the markets we saw in Nurrenberg, Salzburg, Vienna and Munich two years ago.  

From there we walked to the Fraumunster where there where six Windows designed by Marc Chagall.  They were awesome, but o photos were allowed.  We brought home a couple of postcards that I will scan later.

We got back from dinner by 6, repacking our suitcases ( I was trying to get everything to fit without opening the expansion.  It was a tough job but I made it happen.

Tomorrow I will go with Jackie to the airport at 7 so we can share a cab.  It will be a long day, but I will be happy to be there in plenty of time, so I can browse the duty free shops and get some steps in before I have the joy of sitting on a plane for 12 hours.