Day 2

Well we made it to Zurich and it is raining like crazy.  The airport was easy we went and got a couple of hundred Swiss Francs to have come cash.  Learned that we wanted to go to the international reservations center to get the Eurail pass activated  and that they ca make reservations for the trains there.  We found out that getting to Prague will be a problem.  Seems the Germans are doing rail work all over the country but particularly in the east so everything north of Munich and south of Berlin is closed and we may end up on a bus.  All of a sudden the rental car solution that would have been a 4:40 drive has turned into a 9+ hour train and or bus trip.  We will actually have to get to Germany to see what the connections are like the Swiss train company has limited information and really couldn't advise us. 

We planned to see Steve Reynolds in Germany but the connections to Prague could be a problem.   We have booked a taxi to meet us at the train station in Prague to get us to the hotel at 6:26 PM so we may have to make some adjustments in our plans.

We did get the reservations on the train for Prague to Vienna and Salzburg to Zurich as those are high-speed trains and need the reservation for First class… but the peak travel season is over and the other trains shouldn't be a problem.