Western
Europe continued
Tour of France continued
Wed 10/3 Day 12 Colmar
- Zurich.
Get up early, drive the
few hours to Basel, Switzerland. Have lunch there and walk around
a bit of the city, maybe eat some fondue. City is pedestrian
only. In the early afternoon drive the few hours to Zurich. Not
much to see in Zurich, so we'll skip sightseeing there.
Ibis Zurich Messe-Airport
Tel. 41-01-307-47-00
Heidi-Abel-Weg 5
8052 Zurich Seebach. Double room rate 119 Swiss Francs per room. Need
to call hotel if will arrive after 7pm.
Early, we drove onto Zurich. Ooops, I left my passport back at the Hotel Turenne. Oops. Early, we drove back to Colmar, picked up my passport, and then drove on to Switzerland. In Zurich, well, we did some sightseeing, we decided it was easier to save Basel for another time. I went looking for my watch. I didn't buy a Guess, but at a fraction of the cost, I got a Swiss Military watch. I can't go into details about my time in the Swiss army, but I'm pretty ambivalent about it anyway. We wore a lot of khaki, that being neutral color. Do you get it? Do you get it? Mostly Zurich was strip clubs and watch shops. At our hotel near the airport we did get to see more prostitutes with their Johns, so that's always illuminating. Our last meal was expensive, but the rosti, kind of like hashbrowns on steroids, was awesome. Expensive, but awesome. Our last night was pretty mellow. I dropped out for some alone time reading the current issue of The Economist, and the rest of the folks packed and watched TV.
Thurs 10/4 Day 13
Thursday 04 Oct 01
Air Canada Flight 3055
Leave: Zurich at 11:30am
Arrive: YTO at 2:225PM
Thursday 04 Oct 01
Air Canada Flight 585
Leave: YTO at 5:40PM
Arrive: Denver at 7:10PM
And the tour of France ended. My parents
got on the plane and Laura and I hoofed on to Germany. We would
see them again, in the U.S., in less than forty-eight hours.
The world trip slowly was winding up. I must say, at times we
hoped my parents would cancel the trip so we could go home early,
but I am sooo glad that we had that time with them in France.
It really felt like a vacation/adventure, and it went really
well. It was the icing on the cake, and we left the main part
of the world trip on a real high note. Being with my parents
made us both excited to see much more of them in the future,
and it made moving to Colorado seem like the right thing to do.
It was just unfortunate that Laura's mom or dad couldn't have
joined us on the road. We would get to see them later though,
and we did spend time with Dennis, literally, on the road.
I think this was a train station in Zurich, quite impressive!
A view of the old town area along the river we walked around, looking for watches of course!
