Our last full day in Europe. Man, we are so ready to get back home. We were tired of doing the traditional "tourist" things (museums, looking at architecture, learning about history), so we just took a leisurely stroll through Zurich with Eduard (who had, again, taken the day off work). We walked along the "5th Avenue" of Zurich - where all of the expensive shops are and then got to the main shopping area of the town. We were still on the hunt for Birkenstocks, so we stopped in several stores to look for them. Unfortunately, most stores didn't carry them. In one store, we approached the sandal section in search of the shoes, but didn't see them. Susan asked the sales clerk if they carried Birkenstocks. The woman apologetically said that they didn't carry them and then Claire noticed them on the shelf. When the woman saw what Claire was pointing at, she said: "Oh, 'Byer-kin-shtocks'." - Yeah - apparently we don't pronounce it correctly in English!! They only had one style, which we weren't keen on, so we still didn't end up buying a pair, but we ended up with a good story at the end :)

We walked along the river and went to a few elevated spots with great views of the city. We stopped for lunch at an outdoor biergarten and by mid-afternoon were quite tired. Although we had planned to spend the evening with Eduard again, we were just too tired and decided to call it a day. We returned to the hostel and took naps and then got ready for our big day tomorrow: our trip home!!

Labels: Europe 2008, Switzerland