Mmm… fondue…
Yesterday was a long but fun day. Like I mentioned yesterday, I woke up early and did some work. Then I got ready for the day and went to get breakfast at the hotel. The food was great. Since it’s Europe there were really good breads and cheeses. And really good tea. After breakfast, was walking to work. It was about a 30 minute walk with some rain and frequent wondering, “Are we lost? Is this the right street?” :-)
The city is very beautiful, lots of old buildings with great architecture and overall very clean. The Google office in Zurich is pretty nice. Their break room has huge bars of good Swiss chocolate. I wish I had a room like that.
I was in a design meeting all day, presenting most of the afternoon. The jetlag was making it hard to concentrate, but the day went well. After work we walked back to the hotel. The sun finally came out and the walk back was terrific. After dropping stuff off at the hotel, we walked to a traditional Swiss restaurant. I had an amazingly good caprese salad followed by a traditional Swiss fondue.
I actually didn’t like the fondue. I thought there was too much wine in it. Though if you like wine, I suppose it would have tasted really good. I also started getting annoyed at how leisurely the meals are here. The whole dinner took around 3 hours, and I was sleepy before we even started!
Dinner ended with a terrific chocolate mousse. I was tired but content; I had my first traditional Swiss meal. :-)
So far today, the weather looks great. I’m planning on taking a slow walk to work to take pictures of all the cool things. Hopefully, I can get out of work early. All the stores close starting at 6:30 pm and I have lots of souvenirs to buy. :-)
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