Bern-Zurich-Innsbruck 2010-07-23
\nFor those of you who want the short version.\u00a0 I had a nice dinner, The \u201cCome Back Bar\u201d was closed, caught a train from Bern to Zurich.\u00a0 I went to the Switzerland Museum of natural History and then another train to Innsbruck.
\nFor those of you who want the details and can read without moving your lips\u2026.
\nOk, so my mission was to go back to the restaurant that I was denied lunch\u2026\u00a0 it took me a couple of tries and I did have to resort to the droid\u2026\u00a0 I was literally 50 meters from it before I turned away.. uggg..\u00a0 Dinner was very good.\u00a0 I had pork cordon-blue.\u00a0 It is very interesting with the German, the French, the Italian and all.\u00a0 Switzerland is truly neutral.\u00a0\u00a0 The waitress remember denying me lunch so they gave me a free appetizer, that was really nice.\u00a0 On the way some Indian man told me that I was a very luck person.\u00a0\u00a0 He could just tell by my face.\u00a0 He also said I thought too much.\u00a0 I informed him that I am lucky and I do think too much\u2026\u00a0 I was thinking a lot at the time because I was trying really hard not to get lost\u2026\u00a0 he told me that he was a face and hand reader.\u00a0 He then asked me what I thought about that.\u00a0 I told him not much and he went away :>
\nAt the restaurant there was one waitress that spoke some English and German.\u00a0 The other one (very hot btw) spoke French and very little English.\u00a0 We managed.
\nI then sought after the \u201cCome Back Bar.\u201d\u00a0 Now there are holes-in-the-wall clubs, but Bern brought it to another level entirely.\u00a0 They are actually holes in the ground.\u00a0 They are basement bars right under the shops above.\u00a0 The problem was it was closed for renovations :<\u00a0 a little disappointing.\u00a0 I went to another hole-in-the ground bar for a bit but it was stuffy and no one spoke any English.\u00a0 I hoofed it back to my room and watched Le tour de France\u2026\u00a0 another travel day ahead\u2026
\nBreakfast was the same.\u00a0 Check out was fine.\u00a0 I got to the train station without any problems (\u2018cuz I practiced\u2026 maybe I do think too much).\u00a0 The schedule told me that I did not need reservations so like a mad-man I did not make any\u2026\u00a0 well, the train was nearly empty so it worked out just fine.\u00a0 Now this is the type of train that you see on TV.\u00a0 One of those sleek comfy ones.\u00a0 It had WiFi and ac power and the seats were nice and there was lots of room.\u00a0 It only went about 90mph, but that worked for me\u2026
\nWe arrived in Zurich at 11:06 and I decided that I wanted to make reservations for my Innsbruck leg.\u00a0 There are only three a day and I did not really want to spend the night in Zurich and forfeit my stay in Innsbruck.\u00a0\u00a0 I waited in the international travel line for about 10 minutes.\u00a0 It would have been shorter but this Asian man was asking the ticket agent several variations of schedules and destinations\u2026\u00a0 get a guide dude!\u00a0 I asked him if I should get a reservation.\u00a0 He highly recommended it.\u00a0 It is a Friday after all.\u00a0 It turns out that the train is less than half full and I am sitting in a row by myself with a table and two ac plugs\u2026\u00a0 could have saved those 5 franks\u2026\u00a0 on that note\u2026 francs are ONLY good in Switzerland.\u00a0 I made some effort to make sure I did not leave the country with a bunch of money.\u00a0 I ended up with 25 cents worth of franks, success!\u00a0 I did have to use some Euros to assist in the effort.\u00a0 They really don\u2019t like the Euro much.\u00a0 When I went to the museum it was 10 francs to get in.\u00a0 I tried to give him 5 francs and the rest Euros.\u00a0 He said it was too complicated and gave me a free ticket!\u00a0 Too funny!
\nThe museum was ok.\u00a0 I have seen a lot of them.\u00a0 I was reading lots of stuff and taking some good pictures and wham, my camera memory card is full!\u00a0 After years of use and 1000\u2019s of miles of travel I finally filled it up.\u00a0 Now I had to decide\u2026 delete lots of pictures one at a time or format the thing\u2026.\u00a0 I had only taken a few pictures today and because I dutifully copy my pics to my laptop and upload them I was not overly concerned\u2026\u00a0 it was kind of an achievement.\u00a0 I have taken 8 gig worth of pictures.\u00a0 I know, several people wish I was more selective with my picture taking and maybe I will take some time when I get home (and have a fast internet) I might just go though the pictures and delete the REALLY bad ones\u2026
\nI have had a lovely conversation with a couple of people that both speak English!\u00a0 Thank god!\u00a0 The guy is going home to visit his mother and help her with the house and the other was on holiday in Bern and has to go home for\u00a0 a wedding.\u00a0 He is the third person that works on the railroad that I have seen in one day.\u00a0 The three of us chatted the whole time.\u00a0 It was very nice.\u00a0 Almost at Innsbruck\u2026\u00a0 then I have to find my hotel.\u00a0 It should not be too hard\u2026\u00a0 famous last words\u2026 :>
\nOh yeah, the girl has the new netbook like mine\u2026 I am a little jealous.\u00a0 The other not-so-good things is that my wonderful trip though the alps was thwart with bad weather\u2026
\nIt rained; I had a very nice dinner of pork schnitzel.\u00a0 It was pretty reasonable also.\u00a0 I had a nice discussion with a philosophy about the problems of the world.\u00a0 He seemed a bit old to be still going to university, but I was not going to point that out\u2026
\nOff to Munich tomorrow and then Prague.\u00a0 I hope the weather improves\u2026<\/p>\n
A women saw me having trouble with the change machine and offered to give me change next to the lockers\u2026\u00a0 it was very nice of her since it cost 1.50 frank to pee in the train station.\u00a0 Note to others pee when you are still on the train before you get to the station.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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