zurich

This post is on a bit of a delay, but did want to tell it:

Kate and I flew home a few weeks ago for a few purposes: be with family, shoot a wedding, and see one of the best neurologists in the US about my back.

We woke up the morning of the flight and abruptly discovered that though our flight was at 10:10am, it was now 10:20am. We had stayed up late the night before packing and somehow missed the alarm. It was a thursday, and I had to be in town by friday night to shoot a dress rehearsal.
Calming down, Kate called the airline and they assurred her that there were no flights available until early that next week! I like to play things pretty cool, stay calm under pressure but I was feeling the heat to get to Chicago in just over 24 hours.

The service rep. put us on hold for about 15 minutes trying to exhaust all the options. He found a flight that got us to chicago within an hour of the rehearsal time, with 4 layovers:) That meant no delays or cancellations in 4 airports in December! We took it and booked to the airport.
We had an awesome stay in Zurich, our overnight layover. Anyone been to Zurich?
What a city. Situated on the shores of Lake Zurich and with the Alps as a distant backdrop, Zurich was a beautiful city. Along the River Quai, the Old Town is an incredible walk with its narrow alleyways, quiet squares, and picturesque hotels. We checked out Cafe Odeon, where Lenin sat out the first World War. Ok, nobody cares about that but Russian history is so fascinating:)



A short distance from the Old Town is Zurich's (and the world's) most impressive shopping street, the Bahnhofstrasse. I guess it is renowned throughout the world for its array of elegant, sophisticated shops and department stores. They were right, Kate and I could not have purchased anything more than a pair of socks at these stores, they were classy.

We made it to Chicago and to the rehearsal within 15 minutes of when we needed to arrive: Gotta love God's humor, or our stupid luck:)