A lovely dawn in Leysin before we depart for Zurich, Switzerland, on October 22, 2012!  Brenna was off to Florence, Italy, and Brendan to Austria and Germany for his Outward Bound excursion.  A BIG week of travel for the Bigelow clan...

Dinner at the Movie Restaurant our first night in Zurich with our crowd of 18 students and 4 adult guides - pretty good food and great decor.  We ate dinner at Blindekuh the following night - a restaurant where patrons are seated in totally darkened rooms and served by blind waiters and waitresses.  Sorry - no pictures since there would be nothing to see!

Zurich is known for its more than 1,700 fountains where water can be collected for drinking.  Here is one - too many others to share on this blog. 

A picture of a cobbled street in old Zurich - very typical of countless neighborhoods found throughout cities and towns in Europe.  Another city we visited during this trip was Luzern - very pretty and well worth the visit.  Pictures not shared include the visit to the Kunsthaus Art Museum and and evening at the Zurich Opera House to see Jenufa - a production performed in Czech with German and English subtitles.  Unfortunately, the subtitles failed to work after the performance was underway - we were left in the dark with regard to the storyline much like we were at the Blindekuh...

Pictures of Lenin's residence in Zurich...

Ira at Starbuck's next to our hotel.  We enjoyed great coffee as part of our morning ritual every day!