Bit of a strange day today.
Didn't seem to get as hot last night. Slept til 6am. Didn't eat as much breakfast this morning either. On the road at 8:30.
Contrails over Switzerland
Swiss countryside
Had a pitstop near Berne, back into German speaking territory.
Swiss countryside at the A1 Grauholz service centre
Then onto Zurich. We got taken to the Grossmunster and the Zwingli monument but then we got set loose on the town with no idea what we could do or where we could go or what we could see. So other than going up the tower in the Grossmunster I had no idea what we should do next. So we wandered down to the lake, then back up to the square in the old town and inside the Fraumunster (no photos though). But I was missing the sweetie and I was hungry. Except I only wanted something small but that just didn't seem to be an option. Everything was cafes and I really didn't a big meal. Even found a small food stall but the smallest savoury thing there was a sausage in bread roll - way too much food. So we wandered aimlessly. I thought later that if I'd seen a McDonalds that would have been perfect - at least at maccas you can get a small serving of food. I'm sick of eating too much.
Limmat River in Zürich
Kirche Fraumünster
Stadthaus Zürich
Münsterbrücke and Grossmünster (Minster Bridge and Great Minster)
18th century building in Zürich
Zürich waterfront from Münsterbrücke
Limmat River in Zürich
Zürich waterfront from Münsterbrücke
Münsterbrücke and Kirche Fraumünster from near Grossmünster
Bronze model of Grossmünster
Bell towers of Grossmünster
Interior of Grossmünster
Interior of Grossmünster
St. Peter's church in Zürich
Our tour group in front of the Zwingli Monument in Zürich
View of Limmat River and Lake Zurich from Grossmünster
Zürich has its own water fountain!
Kirche Fraumünster from Grossmünster
Zürich from Grossmünster
Zürich from Grossmünster
Zürich from Grossmünster
Rathausbrücke and Rathaus from Grossmünster
Bell tower in Grossmünster
View to the Swiss Alps from Grossmünster
Quaibrücke
Boat on Lake Zürich
Münsterbrücke and Grossmünster (Minster Bridge and Great Minster)
Kirche Fraumünster
Fountain in Zentralhof (Central Square)
Floral clock at Lake Zürich
Rotes Schloss (Red Palace)
Lake Zürich
Tree-lined park on Lake Zürich
Flowerbeds by Lake Zürich
And then we left Zurich and then we left Switzerland. And I never got any fondue. Because the only chance we got for fondue was at lunch, and have I mentioned already that I'm sick of eating too much food? Basically I would have had to have given up one of the group dinners. Which in hindsight I probably should have done yesterday. If I could have convinced Mum and Glenda to join me. hrmm. Suppose that means we'll have to come back one day. If I can convince the sweetie to go to Europe with me again one day.
So then into Zeppelin territory. The last time we drove that road was 22 May 2008. Except we had a very grey day and couldn't see across Bodensee into Switzerland. Today we could. We actually stopped at the Birnau church that we only took a photo of last time. It's crazy over-the-top inside.
Basílica of Birnau (Birnau Abbey Church)
You're not meant to take photos inside but I took a sneaky one as I was leaving.. because how you could you not!?
Mum also took a sneaky photo inside
Photo by Mum
Basílica of Birnau
Bell tower Basílica of Birnau
Bodensee and Swiss Alps from Basílica of Birnau
Before I left home I grabbed a couple of books to read while on the coach. I grabbed The Tower, which I've already finished, and The Hindenburg Disaster, which I'm nearly half way through (in two days). It was a little surreal reading that book on the drive today!
Looking across Hagnau am Bodensee and Bodensee to the Swiss Alps from the coach
Everything is Zeppelin-themed around Friedrichshafen, including the sign on this building (which is no longer there)
Our hotel room had a photo of a Zeppelin. I was literally reading The Hindenburg Disaster this day
Hotel is nice enough, although sadly our room has no view (facing northwest). It does have a nice desk setup though, including USB charging socket in the wall.
Dinner was in the hotel restaurant. Rockmelon and prosciutto for entrée, turkey roll for mains (very salty) and a semolina dumpling with berries for dessert. Have the air-conditioning going on full cold. Hopefully Mum will go for a walk and get back hot so that she won't mind a cool room.. if it actually gets cool!!
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