Zurich ● Switzerland: Main Street

Zurich is the epicenter of beautiful people, well-tailored clothing and world-class shopping. Spending the day on Bahnhofstrasse on the left bank, I definitely had the full experience of all three. Sunday had been slow and quiet. But today it was crazy around lunchtime.

Later in the afternoon, we took a quick spin on one of the water taxis. The boat maneuvered under Zurich's low bridges and brought us out to the main lake. The views of the Swiss Alps in the distance looked better in person than they ever could on a postcard.

After four full days of too much good food, we decided to keep dinner simple. Attempting to "do as the locals do," we went to Coop, one of the major supermarkets in Zurich. We tried to do the whole self-serve you-weigh-it thing, but couldn't quite figure it out. And we certainly weren't going to use up one of our "Help Us We're Americans" cards on a problem like that. So we settled for some pre-packaged sushi (honestly, everything just tastes better over here) and ate it down by the water. 

To top off the night, we went to Jules Verne Panorama Bar for drinks. The swanky bar is inside an old observatory deck, 11 floors above the city. From our seats, we had a nearly 360 degree view of the Monday nightlife. Not at all a bad way to end the night.

Macarons from Sprüngli

The city by night