Monday, April 09, 2007

Travels with the boys...Luzern, Zug, and Zurich

Easter weekend approached and it was time to head for a CH vacation with Paul and Pedro (Michel on Saturday only). We decided that Zurich was a good destination for Friday and Saturday, but I thought Luzern would be cool for Thursday night and maybe we could hit Engelberg on Friday.
We arrived at the
Jail Hotel at about 7PM on Thursday night. My navigation skills were on point from when KK and I were there earlier in the year. The place we were staying at was a converted jail, so it was pretty cool.
Our room....LET ME OUT!!!
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Really a jail...no kindin:
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After getting in the room we headed of for a few drinks (that turned into many) in Luzern. We had some chow at the local beer house. Over a pretzel there was a mustard battle on which was the spiciest:
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As you can see we had a few cocktails....Paul's "cosack" in the bar:
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Many drinks later and some clubbing we decided that it was time for swim at 4 in the AM. Pedro went fully in and I up to my knees...not sure how cold it was, but was hilarous....post swim!
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After a little sleeping we decided that skiing was out of the question so we headed towards Zurich. Ready to leave:
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On the way we stopped in Zug...which turned out to be a very relaxing session of walking, chilling, and just hanging out in a cute CH town..the pics:
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A 30km drive later we arrived in Zurich...feeling better and ready to rock! Our hotel:
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After some cheap eats at the local Asian food stand we headed for a bar crawl. I think we visted 8 bars that night and laughed the whole way..P and P are great friends and great to hang out with..here are some good American brews in CH!
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Pedro and G:
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The next morning we got up pretty early...with no plans in hand it was time for a very chill Saturday...brunch:
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The lake....the Swiss have this city on the water thing on lockdown!
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Me:
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We walked, we played soccer, we chilled, P and P even tried to build rock formations: (Note the ones in the back are the professionals!)
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At about 5 Michel arrived and it was time for some "speck" and beers:
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Sunset before hitting the town:
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The night was a blast with laughing, drinking, and dancing. The next morning we woke not so cheered eyed...but Michel had the worst of it:
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We drove back to Geneva laughing and saying this really felt like a vacation. Thanks boys for the great weekend....many more to come!!!

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