June 10, 2022
shipping, flying, assembling, and finally relaxing in Zurich
We started the day waiting on the delivery to the airport of our boxed bikes. Eric (the store owner) had kept them overnight and loaded them into a taxi for us while we lounged at the airport hotel. Such service.
A new trick for us was taping the boxes to the luggage cart so we could roll them without losing half our luggage.
We had heard horror stories about security lines going outside the airport last week, people waiting 2 hr in the rain. The Dutch solved this in a week, and it was maybe 10 min in security line and 10 min to check in. Are you listening, Toronto?
Of course, we were 4 hr early as suggested. Oh well, nice airport.
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We watched to make sure the bikes were loaded. Fun to see them going up the conveyor belt. It would be a boring holiday if they didn't make it!
I was more than a little anxious about unpacking these boxes and putting the bikes together, pumping up four tires with a tiny air pump. It only took a total of one hour to strip the packing material, assemble the bikes, pump them up, and repack our panniers to take the train into town. Not the tough job I thought it would be.
From one efficient country to another (Netherlands to Switzerland). The trains are exactly on time, but you better be ready to get on the right car as they are only in station about 2.5 minutes. This was the "bicycle allowed" car, which you can tell by the smallish bike silhouette on the door. If you're at the wrong end of the train, good luck getting on.
Checked into our hotel (locked storage for bikes, yay!) and a little walk around the old town. We cross a bridge and there's the old town. Very pretty light around 9pm. The typical "love locks" adorn this bridge like so many others. I used to think this was a cute idea....
We strolled along checking out restaurants for tomorrow night. Without our friends Paolo and Daniela to pick out awesome places, we are on our own! Lots and lots of choice.
We stopped for one drink (my first Swiss Riesling!) and then called it a day.
We spend tomorrow in Zurich, then its train to Chur and hop on the bikes.
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