Zurich and beyond

I took over the driving as we left the Chateau de Chillon but it got a bit scary heading into Zurich. Looking for the hotel meant driving along streets with trams coming from every direction. I kept my nerve until I turned onto a street where there were no other cars, just trams. It just didn't seem right! Anyway Jim took over, he couldn't wait, sat there biting his nails and making comments which weren't really helpful.

We finally found the hotel in Oerlikon, a quarter of Zurich which was lovely, really busy with lots of restaurants, shops and bars. We spent the evening in an Italian restaurant eating more pizza - beats sausages any day!

On Saturday morning we jumped on a tram and hit Zurich, along with the whole population of the town, or so it seemed.








It's got really swanky shops, a gorgeous old town and the obligatory promenade next to the river. We took a picnic and watched the world stroll by. As the afternoon wound on the city became louder and the stag and hen parties came out to play, funny individually but hilarious when they came together! We left the city before it got too messy and headed back to the hotel. That night an Indian restaurant beckoned, our waitress had an impeccable English accent which we learned came from Surrey! Her family came from Sri Lanka and she spoke Tamil, German (cos she was born in Switzerland) and English. Mum did all the cooking in the restaurant and it was scrummy.

After a boiled egg Sunday breakfast we were on the road again, our next destination - Innsbruck. Actually we stayed in a village called Oberferpuss, as opposed to Unterferpuss, which is a little further down the hillside! Oh man, did we strike lucky again. We were met by a girl called Claudia, the daughter of the household, who showed us our apartment, chatted about the area, gave us a brilliant map with all the walks marked on it and offered us some advice re our stay.

We are right in the middle of the village in the most glorious countryside with beautiful scenery.


Thats us on the top floor with the brolly up.




This is the view from our balcony. The next day we met Claudia's mum, Agnes, and what a fab lady she is! Her English is not great, my German is less than that, but we got on immediately. She is so easy going, very amenable and made us feel like part of the family.

Monday saw us food shopping, finding our climbing legs on a fairly easy walk and meeting the local innkeeper! Very nice he was too - and so was his beer. I thought I'd share with you photos of some of the gorgeous meadow flowers which are everywhere.











We had one of those plotting and planning days on Tuesday, there was a lot of low cloud so it seemed the ideal opportunity to think about the last stage of our trip!! It also became a washing day, it becomes urgent when you're down to your last pair!


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Location:Blasius-Hueber-Weg,Oberperfuss,Austria