A Few Hours in Zurich, Switzerland - March 4, 2015

Finally landed at Zurich, Switzerland. This was my 29th country to visit, I have 11 more to go to reach my goal of 40 countries by the time i am forty years young :)

The flight from Los Angeles To Zurich was almost 12 hours. Since I have more than 7 hours of layover in Zurich before my arrival to Johannesburg, I decided to venture around the city.

I bought a train / tram ticket for US $14.20 that was good for 24 hours. I took a train from airport to the Old Town part in the city center. At 4:30 pm when I got to the city center, it was cold around 3 degrees celcius / 37.4 fahrenheit.

When I travel,  I enjoy walking around the city and exploring the small streets. As I explored the city, I first stopped at the Hauptbahnhof (mainstation of trains). It's a beautiful old building with green statue of  man in front. I continued to explore walk on the bridges and streets along Limmat-Quai ( pedestrian zone) overlooking the Limmat river. Along the Limmat-Quai, I saw a tall building St. Peters , the largest clockface in Europe. As I continued to walk I saw Fraumunster, glass windows by  Marc Chagall. And also saw Grossmunster, the most famous landmark in Zurich which is a church.  When taking picture from the bridges at Limmat-Quai these are the three tall buildings that you can see.  I saw "Love Lock or Love Podlock" on the fence of the bridge in Limmat river - these podlocks symbolize the unbreakable love of the sweethearts.  i have seen Love Lock in other cities like Seoul and Paris. I also walked around the  narrow small streets along old town Zurich with shops, cafes and restaurants. 

At around 6 pm it started to snow. Wow! I think the temperature suddenly dropped to below zero degrees celsius. I was freezing, with no gloves, no hat and with just a shirt under my Northface jacket.  That's when I knew it was time to hop back into the train and head to the airport. Even just a few hours in Zurich, I enjoyed my time in the 29th country I have been to. Thank you God ! 

- Kaye