Around Switzerland

Photos will be forthcoming; I think there will be some excellent imagery from our time in Switzerland. For now, this is a brief update from the sub-alpine lakes.

Zurich was a truly amazing place to be for NYE. Hundreds of thousands of people poured into downtown and celebrated in the streets, which had been closed to traffic. The city was lit by a full moon, the fireworks and the lights of the buildings and church spires that surrounded the lakefront. I paid $7 Sfr. (approx. $7) for a grande coffee at Starbucks this morning and $68 for parking overnight. I am all for indulgence, but Switzerland is expensive in the strangest ways.

Luzern is beautiful and our room in the the Hotel des Balances here is perfect; our balcony overhangs the river and has a view of the lake.