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Travel stories from Zurich

Collection of 22 travel stories from Zurich, Switzerland. Written by your friends on the road.

Traveler shannyn

Crappy weather and the grumpy swiss
2007-12-11, Zurich, Switzerland. By: shannyn

I´m so glad I didn´t take that Au Pair job in Switzerland after school. When I flew into Zurich everything was grey and concrete, the sky was just one big fat dirty cloud and there was these giant ...

 
Traveler shannyn

Planes are painful
2007-11-23, Zurich, Switzerland. By: shannyn

Just another note so that the map shows I went to Zurich :D Here I took advantage of Swiss beer and chocolate while in Zurich airport. The girl at the bar gave me a free coffee because I looked THA...

 
Traveler kkulbis

Zurich to Brussels travel adventure
2007-07-02, Zurich, Switzerland. By: kkulbis

Monday, July 2 Lindsey, Tiffany, and I woke up around 5am and headed to the Zurich train station. According to our tickets, our train was supposed to depart at 5:45am. However, the station's sche...

 
Picture from story Zurich & Laupen

Zurich & Laupen
2007-04-04, Zurich, Switzerland. By: jake

We spent a week with our very good friends the Kings. Reto and Sandra took us to all the posh Swiss clubs and restaurants, and we spent our days mountain biking, skiing, hiking, and EATING! Peter and ...

 
Picture from story Zurich was pretty cool

Zurich was pretty cool
2007-02-09, Zurich, Switzerland. By: bbmk0001

Just got home from Switzerland, locked the front door oh boy. Sorry, Looking Out My Back Door has been stuck in my head all day. Alex and I just got back from Switzerland and I think it’s possibly t...

 
Traveler lizzie

BIGGEST IN EUROPE
2006-10-17, zurich, Switzerland. By: lizzie

Monday 16 October tour guide Mac came out again and we went on the Zurich trolley tour through the city, it was good it took us out a bit further than we had ventured on Saturday - but unfortuantly ...

 
Picture from story THE ZOO!!

THE ZOO!!
2006-10-15, zurich, Switzerland. By: lizzie

Elaine took us to me to Zurich Zoo on Sunday, I felt like a kid again - in a good way. I never though I would have been so excited, most parts of the Zoo were pretty depressing for the sake of the...

 
Traveler lizzie

welcome to zurich
2006-10-13, zurich, Switzerland. By: lizzie

made it safe and sound into Zurich on my first sleeper train journey!! I stayed with Joyces Mum Eliane, her brothers Myles and Macaulay and the cutests puppy in the world (miss princess) Lily. Miles...

 
Traveler ch_travels

Chocolate and cheese, BMWs and Mercedes
2006-08-21, Zurich, Switzerland. By: ch_travels

Zurich, Switzerland makes one more city on the list of places that I’ve fallen in love with. This country is beautiful! I railed up to Zurich from Milan, getting to see a little of the Swiss country...

 
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Losing my money in Zurich
2006-06-21, Zurich, Switzerland. By: emilyave

if anyone plans on visiting Switzerland it would be a good idea to make friends with someone who lives here so you can stay for free. It is SO expensive here! I got off the train and needed change f...

 
Picture from story On board to main destination-France

On board to main destination-France
2005-05-25, Zurich, Switzerland. By: ciaran

Wake up real early today, checked out the room and confirmed my train to my main destination, France.

 
Traveler Adi_Afek

Goodbye Zurich
2006-02-25, Zurich, Switzerland. By: Adi_Afek

So I'm packed... (well, almost done) and feeling a little down to be honest. I am really sad to be leaving zurich, my family and all the wonderful people I've met here, but it's comforting to know th...

 
Traveler Adi_Afek

Test 1 2
2006-02-17, Zurich, Switzerland. By: Adi_Afek

Hey everyone! Just trying this thing out before I leave to make sure it works.... So I'll be leaving on the 26th. Still scampering around to get some last minute stuff together like visa photos and a ...

 
Traveler ChrisRak

Top of Zurich and Lucern
2005-08-08, Zurich, Switzerland. By: ChrisRak

Today we woke early and went to the train station and got the train to Uetliberg to initially see the Planetenweg (Planetary path). We found that Rak really needed hiking boots and not the shoes she ...

 
Traveler ChrisRak

Heidiland
2005-08-07, Zurich, Switzerland. By: ChrisRak

We have worked out that to use the public toilets at the train station costs just under a pound. Still when you got to go, you got to go.... We took the tram to the main railway station to check w...

 
Traveler ChrisRak

Arrive in Zurich
2005-08-06, Zurich, Switzerland. By: ChrisRak

On the way to the airport in the early hours we saw rabbits and a family of dear followed by an amazing sunrise. The flight went well and we arrived about midday in Zurich. We found the hotel and ...

 
Picture from story Done in by the weather, we leave Hinterzarten one day early.

Done in by the weather, we leave Hinterzarten one day early.
2005-07-08, Zurich, Switzerland. By: len_doug

This journal is speeding to a close, and we chose to speed out of Hinterzarten in light of yet another dark and rainy day. Better to leave the unfavorable weather behind and take our chances on Zuric...

 
Picture from story Leaving from Singapore, on a long long flight...

Leaving from Singapore, on a long long flight...
2005-05-23, Zurich, Switzerland. By: ciaran

Singapore to Zurich, Switzerland...and I heard it's gonna be a very expensive place.

 
Picture from story Cross-country trip through Switzerland ends in mountains magnifiqué.

Cross-country trip through Switzerland ends in mountains magnifiqué.
2005-06-16, Zurich, Switzerland. By: len_doug

4 a.m., June 17, Megéve, France - Yes, it's early, but not as early as when we first awoke this morning. The internal bio-clocks are definitely on lag time, and so may be the upload of this journal. ...

 
Picture from story The Rhine Falls and beautiful Zurich

The Rhine Falls and beautiful Zurich
2005-04-12, Zurich, Switzerland. By: FrancesK

Dumping our gear at the hotel in Zurich we then jumped back on the train heading up to Schauffhausen to see the Rhine Falls (the largest in Europe). A shitload of steps led down to the base of the fal...

 
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En route to London Luton
2004-07-26, Zurich, Switzerland. By: lizziejoy

I do not have any time at all on these airport computers but I just wanted to get a chance to drop a line from SWITZERLAND and they must be a pretty mellow people because there is not an exclamation m...

 
Picture from story Easter Break: Overnight Train, Zurich, and Geneva

Easter Break: Overnight Train, Zurich, and Geneva
2004-04-01, Zurich, Switzerland. By: trip2wales

We took an overnight train from Vienna to Zurich. It was a smooth trip, however because it was April Fool’s day the next day, Hilary contemplated calling our parents and telling them all our stuff ha...

 


 
 

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