Monday, 10 February 2014

In the bleak midwinter

 "Friday 29th November 2013"

Today was in theory meant to be a day of shopping, and a day of visiting the parks before getting on my train to Zurich.
In summer, the parks would have been beautiful to walk around.
In winter, it was not really the pleasant anticipated meander, and I quickly froze, opting for a lengthy relaxation in the park cafe...a beautiful little spot which did this apple flavoured mulled wine.  Soooo good.

It was nice to catch my breath today, as it had been quite a frantic few weeks and so taking some time was definitely a necessity.

The journey to Zurich wasn't nearly as fun - perhaps because it was pitch black so I couldn't view the scenary, but also because there were delays on the route (yes even snow falling in the area causes delays in central Europe...take note England), and the trains weren't quite the luxury of SNCF.
Still I got there in the end, and had my usual fun and games of walking in the complete wrong direction and asking several people for directions to the hotel.

I'd booked to stay in a hotel in Zurich.  The hostels I'd researched were pretty expensive anyway, and I decided I deserved to splash out.  The hotel was very central, and the double bed was soooooo worth it.

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