Zurich, Switzerland

I know I’ve been gone away for a long time, but there just wasn’t anything good to write about.

I’ve been in and out of some of the most interesting places in the world, and yet I somehow I feel hollow and numb. Maybe fate has another thing up its sleeves, or maybe it's just me. For now, I'll just shrug the feeling away.

I got to fly with my close friend, Chang, from training college. We were thrilled especially that we were flying to Zurich.

We had plans on bicycling around the

trail of the forested hotel, but we were too tired to do it already when we arrived. Instead, we took a shuttle going to the train station and get to the city center from there. The station was beautiful. It reminded me of Hogwarts Express in the Harry Potter series. It was everything described in the book, without the platform 9 3/4 of course.

When we got out of our stop, the first picture I took was of this building that looked like the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. If you look for the image of the fictional school in Wikipedia, it has some similarities in architecture. I couldn’t help but admire the resemblance- i’m addicted to Harry Potter! It gave me a sort of entry into Harry’s world even though I was aware we weren’t really in London. Hehe.

Zurich is lovely.

We walked around its nostalgic streets and small cobblestone alleys. It had charming buildings clustered together, with adorable coffee shops and specialty stores. It wasn’t hard to not fall in love with the place. Time flew by and we didn’t even notice our feet hurting from all the hours of walking we did.

We took a rest near this fountain area and played with a cute doggy who knew how to pose for the camera. It made me want to get a puppy again.

After a day’s stroll, we stopped by a supermarket to buy some biscuits and drinks before we headed back to the hotel.