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I might add more detail to this post later. For now, sleep.

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11am, A a lovely net cafe in Zurich. Fistly, why on Earth are the y and z keys on this keyboard swapped? Hang on, now it’s behaving properly. How bizarre. Nice wide screen LCD though.

Yeah Jase, that photo and post was straight from the phone. That one turned out quite well, I’m impressed. I don’t dare to think how expensive it must be though ;-)

I’ve got this huge grin on my face because I managed to by a new shaver, mostly speaking German. Little triumphs! God this really is an expensive place though. I’ve officially eaten some local Camambert and it is pretty sweet. Latte wasn’t quite up to Bridge Rd standards, but maybe it’s just cultural differences.

What a difference some sleep makes. I was wandering around yesterday like a zombie. Wondering what the hell I was doing in a foregin country when the only thing I wanted was sleep. Culture, pretty buildings… wasn’t interested. All different now, of course. A beautiful city, and I’m in a great mood. Everyone’s rather nice, and are evidently quite used to people sheepishly saying ’sprechen se English?’. No jetlag either I don’t think, which I suppose is the upside of stretching the flight over 30 hours.

Not entirely sure what I’ll do today. Doesn’t really matter because I’m quite happy just walking around taking photos and being the stereotypical tourist. No shortage of cute cafes for me to sit in and watch the people, so I won’t have that problem here ;-) Well as long as I can afford it.

Everyone rides bicycles. It’s great. Really is the best way to get around, if I was staying longer I’d grab myself one. The other cool thing is that it seems to me you can park motorcycles/scooters anywhere. I though we had it good in Melbourne, but seriously, some of the places I’ve seen bikes wedged here is utterly delightful. Stacks of them, too, they really are a part of the fabric here which I can only assume makes it safer. Not that anyone bothers to wear protective gear but they do at least wear helmets. I might stand out a bit with that enormous jacket I brought.

I’m wearing shorts! God that feels good after so long.

Not actually that warm, and no-one else is wearing shorts. But when you’re walking a lot – and this place has some steep hills – it works well. A bit overcast so hopefully no sunburn just yet.

Catching up with Harry Fuecks tonight so hopefully I’ll have a bit more of a clue how to work the train system after picking his brain. Off to Bern tomorrow morning to meet up with Olly and get my hands on that bike. Might post another photo or 2 from the phone today.

Tshuss!

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