Day 3

We took the tram downtown.  By some good fortune we ran into a young woman from the US who is going to school ere and got the lowdown on how to use the Zurich transport system.  We ought a 24 hour ticket at the hotel and headed done town… but the trick you need to know is to put he ticket from the hotel in the slot on the machine at the tram stop to validate the "start" time of the 24 hours.  This allows travel anywhere, by any public transport means (tram, bus, ferry) for a full 24 hours.  So if we get up and get going downtown early enough we won't have to buy s pass until tomorrow afternoon and that one will cover us to get to the train early Monday

I talked to the international rail travel folks at the Main train station and we are set for Heppenheim and then to Prague the next day.  We had to pay extra for a Bus reservation, even though they took the trains down… But we have a confirmed time and we expect everything will work out.

We spent the day at the Swiss Landesmuseum learning all about Swiss history.  It is pretty interesting.   Lots of well done displays and a few in English.  We had the Audio Guide in English and that helped a lot.  Between Nancy's French and my German we were able to figure most of the stuff out.  Stopped for tea after the museum… Then took a tram down to a street faire going on in the "old town" area.  After walking around for awhile we stopped and had Fondue for dinner… It was very Swiss and very filling.  Hopped a tram to the train station, Picked up some Croissants and Bananas for breakfast (I like bananas)  And a few more Granola bars for snacks….  Then back to the hotel and to the blog… All in all a good day.