Zürich

Lake Zürich, from the Observation Tower 

The weekend of April 28th to May 1st was a holiday weekend in Germany, so we decided to take advantage of the time (on Monday the 30th) to visit Zürich.

The Blue Angel in the Main Train Station

After the one-hour train ride from Konstanz, we arrived and then headed up to the Uetliberg, a mountain that overlooks the city of Zürich. Our first stop was a high tower on top of the already high mountain that looked over the the whole city. (You can click on the pictures for a bigger version.)

From the Uetliberg Train Station, we started along the Planetenweg trail, a scale-model of the planet system. As you can see, the some of the models were quite small!

The Sun

Mercury

Venus

Earth and Moon

Mars

Ceres (??)

Jupiter

Saturn

Uranus

Pluto was just a sign to note its location when it
is closest to the sun. Either the real location was
somewhere else, or the planet was too small. 

Neptune 

We had a great time hiking along. The weather was perfect and we enjoyed our little picnic lunch with amazing views.

Lunch View

When we reached the end of the trail, we took a cable car down, and then a train back to the main train station. From there, we explored the city on foot.

At the end of our journey, we went to a restaurant to try Fondue, but when we got there, we discovered that each person HAD to have an entrée. So, we ordered fondue AND raclette. So Much Cheese.

We left that place feeling a little cheese-drunk, and headed back to the train station to catch our train home.