I am writing today from a height of 36,000 feet, somewhere in the region of a place called Mulhouse.
And I am on a small, modest adventure.
For I am hurtling at a rate of hundreds of miles an hour towards the ancient and affluent city of Zurich.
I hurtle without husband or children, seated next to my friend Lydia, with a resolution to spend very little yet learn much.
We are staying with our good friend Sonja.
And I cannot wait to see the lake.
I can hear nothing whatsoever. The air pressure has martialled the contents of my ears against me. My ears are totally blocked; useless; and I know not when I shall hear the sweet captain’s Canadian voice again.
Meanwhile the air flight attendants have plied me with diet coke and chicken wraps, and are trundling the duty free trolley up and down the gangway, though 50 short miles lie between me and a city of stories, and the leagues fly beneath us like fleet night wraiths.
Make haste, distance-spirits of the night.
Towards this city of stories.
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Kate Shrewsday 
I’m jealous! I’ve always thought if I ever made it to Europe, Switzerland would be my destination of choice. For the mountains, of course. Enjoy!
PT, I had a blast. Thank you 🙂
Have fun!
Thanks, Julie 🙂
Have a wonderful time. If you were over here, I’d invite you to Thanksgiving dinner. when you land in Zurich, tell us more.
A belated Happy Thanksgiving to your and yours, Gale. I hope you all had a wonderful time.
Have a blast, Kate ~ hope your ears clear in short order. My dad traveled to Switzerland twice a year bringing us back Swiss Army Knifes and Swiss Chocolate. As well as recipes for winter meals of Cheese Fondue and Raclette. Most of his trips landed him in Geneva. I don’t know much about Zurich. So please share.
Will do, Nancy: Geneva must be a kettle of stories too!
I dated a Swiss man once. The Italian, not the German bit. May you have all the adventure you can handle, Kate.
😀 It was moderate, Andra; just enough adventure for 48 hours. I’d love to return soon. So many questions.
We spent part of our honeymoon in Zurich. It’s amazing 🙂 have a super time away
Hi Tandy, thank you, I had an amazing time!
Wonderful city – have a great time Kate♥
Thanks, Rosemary!
Rushing towards Zurich doesn’t sound fun to me. My guess is that you’re going to show me that Zurich isn’t all gnomes and overpaid dealers. I’m looking forward to it. Have a good adventure, Kate:)
Adventures are everywhere, Roger 😀 Amazing city.
Enjoy – have a Toblerone or two too
You know, Jim, that was the one thing I forgot to do. Curses.
Have loads of fun 🙂
Thanks, Jas!
Kate, I cannot wait to see your coin of the realm that you collect while visiting Zurich. That is what my husband called stories: “coin of the realm.”
Your term echoed through my mind as I walked the streets 🙂 In a city of safe deposit boxes it was a particularly appropriate term!
Ha! Thought you’d get a kick out of it!
oh how lovely. Traveling with girlfriends is a lot of fun. Can’t wait to hear of your adventures and impressions.
We had a wonderful time, Joss, and I have a string of stories to research and tell. Heaven.
May some stories find their homes on your pages as a result. 🙂
Rob, thank you. Your well-wishes came true. It’s going to be busy here researching and telling all the stories I found!
Outstanding! 😀
Looking forward to reading stories of your small, modest adventure. Which from my vantage point seems like a very big adventure. Enjoy!
Kathy, between you and me, it felt quite big to me. Though I was always with people who knew what they were doing, so I never had to worry…
Oooh, how exciting, you globe-trotting thing! 😉
It was fun, IE 😀
Oh my envy! Can’t wait to read what of your adventures you choose to share!
There were so many great moments, Cameron. A really memorable trip.
Modest perhaps, but promising and hopefully profound! Good for you and good times!
Indeed, Debra. Tremendous fun.
And I’m having fun today, too, Kate. Meeting Andra and MTM for the first time. Aren’t we all just moving around! 🙂 I’m looking forward to hearing more of your adventuring!
This should be fun!
My strongest memory of Zurich is trying to escape from it. We went in dizzy circles at the airport in a hire car, trying to master the art of driving on the wrong side of the road and find our way to Lucerne, and finally shot off into the hinterland in desperation – direction no longer mattered as long as it was AWAY!
It is a maze, Col: I was glad to be with people who knew the lie of the land locally. It made for a far more relaxed time.
That would have helped a lot!
Safe travels wherever you go, Kate. I see – from your comment – that you had a blast. 🙂
Safe travel, Kate – or, if I’m too late to say so here, I hope you had a rocking adventure in Zurich.
Girls’ trip – what fun