"If it's not fun, you're not doing it right." - Bob Basso

Friday was the Switzerland firm “office day” which was planned by the Zurich office manager and kept a complete surprise until the day of. Our only instructions were to meet at the train station in Zurich at 7:45am and wear comfortable shoes. I was super excited and figured I would love anything we did since it would all be new to me. I would totally be that dork who thought everything was cool with the big stupid grin on my face all day long.

And I was. :)

We took the train to Basel, which is about an hour train ride from Zurich. Then we took a tour of the soccer stadium there. The tour was all in German, so I really was the dork with the smile plastered on her face since I had no idea what anyone was talking about.

 

After that we went to lunch at one of the coolest restaurants I have even been to. It was set into the ground, and all of the walls were rock. There were candles and chandeliers everywhere. And I had salmon and wine. I was definitely smiling after that. 

Then we broke into four teams for a city scavenger hunt, which was also in German. So I just followed my team around, but I happened to be on the same team as Britney, so we just laughed the entire time. 

We got back to Zurich at around 9pm, and then we went out with a bunch of the Zurich people. I accidentally bar hopped until 4am. I was still smiling. 

How could you not smile at the name of this bus?

I recovered on Saturday and Sunday by wandering around the city, reading a book by the lake, and exploring the churches and old town. The weather was absolutely perfect. 

 

Zurich jumped up to one of my favorite cities in no time. It is AWESOME. And, for the first time since I’ve been here, this weekend I didn’t feel homesick at all. I’m sure some of the homesickness will come back, but it felt really good to be really happy to be here for a while. Happy enough to just smile while walking around town by myself. Good thing I’m not trying to look too cool.