Here's a picture of our goodbye dinner with Ellen. We ate at Samses, a vegetarian buffet restaurant a few minutes away by tram. You pay for the buffet by the weight of the food on your plate. It's a lot tastier than Fresh Choice.
Ellen helped our transition to Swiss life go smoothly. A big thing she did was help us figure out the transportation system here and all the various cards and passes one can buy to pay for trains, buses, trams, and cable cars. I now have a half-fare card the gives me half-price on most of my transportation in Switzerland. I also have a pass for Zurich's zone 10, so now we don't have to look for change every time we want to go somewhere in town. For 40 Swiss Francs, Russell and Maya have Junior Cards which entitle them to a year's free travel with Josh or I anywhere in the country.
Other things Ellen taught us:
Gurken means cucumbers in German. (I used this today at the farmers market in Helvetiaplatz.)
The Sprungli confectionary chain has many locations in downtown Zurich. (I'm sure I'll use this in the future.)
Maya loves to hear the stories and songs of Broadway musicals Ellen has seen. "Ellen, tell me the story of Wicked." "Again?"
Our homage to Ellen continues in photos:
Ellen and Maya listening to music in Montreux.
Ellen and Russell in our hostel room window in Vevey.
Ellen, Russell, and Maya in the smallest elevator the kids had ever seen. (Vevey)
Maya took this picture of us on the Flower Trail in the Alps.
Bye, Ellen! See you when we get back!
P.S. Did you forget your pen?
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OK- it wasn't that hard to sign up for this, don't know what my problem was before! Anyway, you all look great and it sounds like you're having a great time. I'm enjoying every post so keep bloggin'!
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