Day 6: Zurich, Switzerland

So this hotel’s breakfast buffet was absolutely incredible, they had everything you could think of, so, it was delicious.  We enjoyed the breakfast and headed to Zurich Insurance Company to hear from Zurich Financial Services Group.  They provided us sandwiches lunch – the one I chose had only cheese and a pickle (strange), and afterwards, we  heard from the president of Peoplefone, which is a service like Skype based on VoIP communication.  On the way back to the hotel, we  had a speed-tour (that included a stop at a church - Fraumünster) of Zurich, but really, we just wanted to get back to the hotel to explore the city ourselves. 

When we got back, we layered on more clothes and headed to explore.  We went to the main strip of shopping, and found, of course, a giant chocolate shop that was unreal.  We each picked a truffle  to try, and of course – delicious!  (Click for video I found of this shop)

After we walked for what seemed like forever to the other side of the  river, we searched for a place to eat dinner.  We finally stopped at a cute restaurant that felt more like a coffee shop on the inside.  Four of 5 of us ordered what sounded delicious – I don’t remember the name of it, but it said it came with bacon, onions, and cheese.  When we got it, it was, what looked like a pizza, on a super thin crust, no marinara sauce, but a creamy cheesy sauce, with onions and bacon on top.  They were DELICOUS, but I couldn’t finish mine.  This restaurant was great because they took American dollars – the only place we went that did.

Afterwards, we started on the trek back to the hotel, and passed a bar that had a giant margarita on the glass, so we tried it out, because we all had some francs left to spend (by the way, Francs were so pretty! Click here to see ).  We walked in, felt like we wanted to get in and get out because it was so smoky and dark. We got one drink, drank it, and left. I did visit the bathroom, but couldn’t stand the sight of it, so I turned around and walked out – it was disgusting.  We returned to the hotel afterwards, and went to bed.  Overall view of Switzerland – beautiful, just too cold to enjoy most of it :(