Zurich Trip

Hi, Everyone! Just wanted to let you know that I added a new element to our blog which you can see over to the right of this posting. You should see the "blogarithm.com" box. You can input your email address there so that you receive a notification email whenever we post something new. Just thought that would help (thanks, Amylee).

Ok, onto our latest adventure: Zurich, Switzerland! Eric had to be there for work last week, so we made a trip out of it and I tagged along. We had a great time. It was cold, but not as cold as I thought it was going to be. And it was actually sunny for a few of the days too!

We were going to take a day trip out of the city to Bern (Switzerland's capital) or Lucerne, but then we decided just to take it easy and explore the winding streets of Zurich. There are three main churches in the city of Zurich: The Grossmunster, the Fraumunster and St. Peter's. We checked out all three of them, and it was really interesting because churches we've seen on most of the other travels have all been Catholic, however, these were all Protestant. So it was interesting to see the differences. From what we could tell, they were much less ornate and elaborate (although equally as beautiful) than Catholic churches.

Here's a picture of the Fraumunster:
The Church had a convent and was also inhabited by the female members of the aristocracy of southern Germany, and was thus called the Frau-munster.

And here's a picture of St. Peter's:
St. Peter's steeple boasts the largest clock face in Europe. It is 8.7 meters in diameter.

And here's a picture of the Grossmunster:

The Grossmunster was the coolest because you could climb up the left steeple and (if you made it to the top), the views were awesome! You could see the Limmat river which separates the Grossmunster from the Fraumunster and St. Peter's and which runs into Lake Zurich. Plus you could see most of the city. Here are a few pictures:



I don't think these pictures can do it justice!

So, the first night we were there, Eric had to work that day. By the time he got to the hotel, it was kind of late and our hotel was a bit of a walk to the city center. So we decided to go across the street to this little tavern and it was really cute. There was this table full of a dozen or so old men toasting and having a grand ol' time. They were so cute:

I don't know why I like taking pictures of menus (and Eric thinks it's strange), but I like showing you guys what our choices were and basically that we had no idea what our choices were!!
So this was our menu that night:

And this is what we ended up getting: Weinerschnitzel and Bratwurst

And of course our beverages of choice: isn't he cute?

So mostly we just wandered around, enjoyed the views, did a little shopping and walked... a lot! Here are a few more pictures from our trip:




Thanks for reading! Have a great day!