Following our visit to Lucerne and the conclusion of the “Growth of a Game” football camp the boss (wife) and I decided to go to Zurich to spend a day. I had visited the city briefly during my first visit to Switzerland two years ago and was looking forward to actually spending some time there.
We hopped on one of. the ever efficient Schweizerisch Bundesbahnen (SBB) trains in Lucerne and got into Zurich after about an 
hour ride. (The boss [wife] and I got smart in Lucerne and purchased half price travel passes for the remainder of our travels – and it really paid off!)
Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and is located in the German speaking canton of Zurich in the north central part of the country. It is a city with around 400,000 people – but more than a million in the surrounding areas.
Obviously Switzerland and in particular Zurich is known for it’s ties to banking and finances. I was hoping to arrange for a numbered Swiss bank account – but for some reason I look to suspicious for them! I was thinking – James Bond. Even my banker friend Fulgenzio (what a great Swiss Italian name) could not promise me a pathway to a numbered account. what to do with all that cash??
Many travel journals rank Zurich as one of the best places to live in the world because of it’s international appeal. With many overseas companies based there due to the low tax rates it truly has an international flare to the culture.
There is no doubt that it is a vibrant and attractive place to visit.
After getting off the train we found out our hotel was right down the street. – oops our GPS got us lost again had us wandering all over the place. 45 minutes we lucked out and found the hotel.
Seriously it literally was 5 minutes from the train station. But, we were lead the wrong way by my phone…. the boss (wife) her phone simply stopped working.
How in the world does this happen?
Our first task upon getting into our room was to find a place to eat. Wow – fantastic restaurant with amazing Italian foot right down the street. The pasta in Switzerland is simply fantastic (I can’t wait to visit Italy in the next year or so to find out what the food is like there). Italy is on our list for the next trip – just have to find a football team there to visit with.
We jumped on a boat and traveled down the river and into Lake Zurich to see the sights. A truly amazing place to visit. Oh – to this point I probably haven’t
mentioned the chocolate. One word – “Unbelievable!” You can say the same about the soft pretzels.
One amazing point to bring up is the bus system and trams that run throughout this exciting city. We watched how everything worked…but were afraid to jump on either. The boss (wife) is much more adventurous, but my fear was that we would end up lost and trapped forever as homeless people in a different country (Switzerland not so bad a place to be stranded!)
After the relative calm of Lucerne the hustle and bustle of Zurich was 
apparent. Obviously being the largest city in Switzerland it has a different feel to it. Well worth the day we spent there. By the way a great place to shop for those interested in that form of fun.
Personally I like the restaurants and bars! Imagine that.
We decided that our next stop on our trip would be the city of Bern. We would get moving the next morning to visit the capital of Switzerland.