Zuri Fascht

After our meal of traditional sausage, potato salad etc. in the beer hall last night we walked around the riverbank among the many thousands of locals and other tourists - it was shoulder to shoulder stuff with most walking along eating a sausage or other local "delicacy" or holding a large glass of beer from one of the hundreds (that is no exaggeration as each stall has a number allocated to it and today I saw 1345) of food or liquor stalls.

There were stages set up with continual music by various performers, at least 50 parachutists landed on barges in the river and other forms of entertainment going on over the whole of what I would call the central city of Zurich.

This morning we ventured out again & caught the polybahn a funicular that rose from the station at river level to the University and gave a modest view across Zurich.





Down to the flat again and after walking along the river bank stopping to watch some dragon boat races we climbed the 200 steps within the Grossmunster, being


the Church built in around 1100, and had exceptional views from the north tower.





Looking down Lake Zurich towards the Alps...


...and in the other direction


We had lunch brought from one of the stalls I mentioned above sitting on the banks of the lake (along with 100s of others doing the same).

It is obvious from the number of stalls and the hoardes of locals that the Zuri Fascht is a big thing for the city and is very well supported.

Walking passed a pub on one of the beautiful side streets was attracted by the noise so poked my head in to see the Lions popping the champagne corks after their comprehensive win - one can only hope that Robbie's Christchurch home is habitable because I suspect that he won't require the one he has in Australia much longer!