After being on 3 different planes through Phoenix, Philadelphia and finally to Zurich, and then on a bus for 3 hours to our small town of Leysin, we're finally here. I'm blown away with how well thought out everything is and how well designed. I was also somewhat surprised to see how urban it was in Zurich. All the pictures you see of Switzerland are of the smaller towns and all the older houses surrounded by green and mountains. While everything is still very clean feeling it was somewhat comforting to see graffiti on the overpasses. We mostly slept on the bus but I did get a small taste of what small-town Switzerland is like while passing through.
Leysin has the same feel as Park City to a large degree, only greener, smaller and more spread apart. This is a picture taken just down the road from our hotel. After getting settled and having lunch we went down and were shown where the ATM is (Swiss Francs are so cool), and a grocery store for our lunches, we went on a small hike up to a point where we could see the alps even better (hard to believe it can get much better than the view from our hotel window), and also Lake Geneva in the other direction. We're all incredibly tired and it's weird to me to look at the clock on my computer and see that it's only 1:39 at home while it's nearly 10 o'clock here.
After being on 3 different planes through Phoenix, Philadelphia and finally to Zurich, and then on a bus for 3 hours to our small town of Leysin, we're finally here. I'm blown away with how well thought out everything is and how well designed. I was also somewhat surprised to see how urban it was in Zurich. All the pictures you see of Switzerland are of the smaller towns and all the older houses surrounded by green and mountains. While everything is still very clean feeling it was somewhat comforting to see graffiti on the overpasses. We mostly slept on the bus but I did get a small taste of what small-town Switzerland is like while passing through. 
Leysin has the same feel as Park City to a large degree, only greener, smaller and more spread apart. This is a picture taken just down the road from our hotel. After getting settled and having lunch we went down and were shown where the ATM is (Swiss Francs are so cool), and a grocery store for our lunches, we went on a small hike up to a point where we could see the alps even better (hard to believe it can get much better than the view from our hotel window), and also Lake Geneva in the other direction. We're all incredibly tired and it's weird to me to look at the clock on my computer and see that it's only 1:39 at home while it's nearly 10 o'clock here. 
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I am really excited to follow your trip online...hope you get used to the time change really quick.
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