Switzerland
Day two started out hopping on a train out of Paris, something we found out to be harder than we´d actually thought. In france, they have a quoatation system for interrail-travelers, with a limited number of seats per train, in some instances none. Basically we were told there were no availiable trains out of paris until monday. we were not too keen on spending another night, so we found a way. This is a secret and a mystery. taking the TGV was incredible, moving at 300km/h we crossed france in about four hours. There was a quick stop in strasbourg, on the german border to change trains.
Then we took the slow train to Basel, a very interesting city bordering Germany and France, that meaning it has got suburbs in three countries. Too bad we missed out on both The Basquiat exhibition as well as floating down the river. After cruising, we picked up a basket of raspberries and pushed onvards to Zürich.
For me Zürich was wan of the nicest cities I´ve been to, even though we had to spend the night in a kitchen. One of the cleanest places, very bike friendly, even it geographical location, by a large body of water going up into the hills of the mountain. it reminded me of a cleaner, better Oslo really. Also, I was impressed by the banking in Switzerland, it has come so much further, showing your own currency when you pay by plastic. Nice. Definitely a place for the future, Only one disappointment... Coffee, having to go to S-bux for a cuppa joe is always a defeat.
Of course, being in switzerland brought an opportunity to pick up a swiss timepiece, so I did.
Really happy with my Swatch, classical and real simple, how a watch ought to be. setting me back about 60 CHF (swiss francs) not a bad deal at all.
On to Vienna.
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