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| View from tower at Grossmunster Church |
A few weeks ago, my cousin Nicole
came to visit and what a great time we had. It was fun showing her
around and was the
first time we could be tour guides in our own city. I must admit, I really enjoyed taking the
time to be a tourist in Zurich again. It
gave me the opportunity to do some things I haven’t had the chance to do yet
like go up the tower of Grossmunster church for an amazing view of the city. Along with checking out Zurich, we made a
little trip to check out the Rhine Falls near Schaffhausen. From what we’re
told, these are the largest waterfalls in Europe. As they aren’t very tall, I’m guessing it’s
due to the volume of water flowing through them. You’re actually able to take a boat out to a
rock that sits in the middle of the falls and climb to the top of that to get a
pretty cool view of them from within.
And we also got to give Nicole a little taste of Oktoberfest, Zurich
style. Zurich puts on their own
Oktoberfest for the whole month of October which feels very similar to the real
thing but of course on a much smaller scale.
It was actually quite fun but my recommendation is if you’re going to do
Oktoberfest, don’t take a 7am train the following morning.
As we couldn’t spend her entire
week just in Switzerland, we were off to Paris for the weekend. I hadn’t been here for a while so it was fun
to come back and explore it again. We
had to see all the major sights as Nicole had never been before (a trip up the
Eiffel Tower was of course a must do). It
was quite cold the entire time we were there (think mid-40s) but we still enjoyed
ourselves. I mean, how can you not. It’s Paris!
And I just love Paris. 
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