Switzerland

Today we arrived in Zurich!  We caught a 6am train to the airport where we witnessed the automated security systems that make the USA look way behind the times.  Then, we rode a 9:30 flight out of London and into Switzerland where we added a second stamp to our passports.  After arriving, it took us awhile to get to the train and understand how to get to our hotel.  It is conveniently located 5 minutes down the block from the station, making it once again easy for us to get around.  We checked-in (completely automated again) and rode into downtown to explore.  After Blair askied for ideas of what to see at the Switzerland National Museum that was about to close, the manager ended up giving us free tickets to explore it just for the last half hour!  There we saw old statues of Mary and Baby Jesus, clothing from many times, and a really cool display of the "best of news photography" where photos and quick article summaries were enlarged and displayed for multiple categories that had been own by photographers in 2013.  Afterwards, we got information about hiking in the alps tomorrow (three tries to find someone who could help us), ate dinner at a little pizzeria, and headed back to our hotel.  Here we've just been laying around recouping from our minimal sleep last night and preparing to hike quite a few miles tomorrow.  Not much for the day, but we should easily make up for it tomorrow.  On a side note, Zurich is VERY VERY expensive.  Average sandwiches/meals cost 15 Swiss Francs, good thing we aren't staying for too long!