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Zurich —> Lake Como (continued)
Swiss Air flight was amazing! Seat was very comfortable, flight attendants were nice and the food was okay (my chicken main course was dry, but I wasn’t terribly hungry, so it was okay). Pajamas were soft and we were given the choice of long or short-sleeve (I choose short). Amenity kit had Sisley products. Bonus: I slept for 5 hours!
Hyatt Place the Circle was easy to find; my room was upgraded from no view to park view, which was nice. I was given my room key on arrival and slept for 2 hours before showering and heading into Zurich for the day. First stop was the national bank to change some ‘recalled’ francs that I had from several years ago (no issue, short wait and I was given crisp new bills). Wandered from there to Lake Zurich, had a delicious lunch (quiche) at a local bakery, then wandered between Old Town and the Bahnostrasse for the rest of the day. Dinner was interesting: an almost empty restaurant that I had researched ahead of time had no available tables (??), another restaurant the kitchen didn’t open until 7, so I headed to the train station and ate at a nice restaurant called Brasserie Sud. Food was delicious, but expensive (soup, salad, water and bread came to US$60.00). Took the train back to the airport and walked back to the Hyatt (maybe 5 min walk). There was an issue in my room that I didn’t discover until I wanted to go to sleep — the (very) bright light in my bathroom wouldn’t turn off. Called the front desk and strangely they wanted to come to my room (not sure why — maybe they thought I couldn’t work a light switch?); anyways had to sleep with the light in the bathroom on, which those that are of “that age” know, sometimes one must rise in the night to use the WC, so not an optimal situation. Best I could do was hang my eye mask over the door to the WC, which I put on before entering so I wasn’t blasted with a bright light in the middle of the night. The FD told me this morning this light is supposed to be on a 15 minute timer, which was obv not working in my room. The hotel is refunding points for 1 night and offered free breakfast, so all good. I’d def stay there again, I’d just test the timer in the WC before unpacking and settling in LOL. When comparing the rates for the Hyatt Place versus a hotel in city centre, it’s a no brainer (for me) to stay at the airport. It takes a few mins to walk to the airport to catch a 10 minute train that takes you right to the centre of the city. Super easy. A transport ticket for the day was US$8.50, which included trams in the city centre and transit to and from the airport.
Swiss Air flight was amazing! Seat was very comfortable, flight attendants were nice and the food was okay (my chicken main course was dry, but I wasn’t terribly hungry, so it was okay). Pajamas were soft and we were given the choice of long or short-sleeve (I choose short). Amenity kit had Sisley products. Bonus: I slept for 5 hours!
Hyatt Place the Circle was easy to find; my room was upgraded from no view to park view, which was nice. I was given my room key on arrival and slept for 2 hours before showering and heading into Zurich for the day. First stop was the national bank to change some ‘recalled’ francs that I had from several years ago (no issue, short wait and I was given crisp new bills). Wandered from there to Lake Zurich, had a delicious lunch (quiche) at a local bakery, then wandered between Old Town and the Bahnostrasse for the rest of the day. Dinner was interesting: an almost empty restaurant that I had researched ahead of time had no available tables (??), another restaurant the kitchen didn’t open until 7, so I headed to the train station and ate at a nice restaurant called Brasserie Sud. Food was delicious, but expensive (soup, salad, water and bread came to US$60.00). Took the train back to the airport and walked back to the Hyatt (maybe 5 min walk). There was an issue in my room that I didn’t discover until I wanted to go to sleep — the (very) bright light in my bathroom wouldn’t turn off. Called the front desk and strangely they wanted to come to my room (not sure why — maybe they thought I couldn’t work a light switch?); anyways had to sleep with the light in the bathroom on, which those that are of “that age” know, sometimes one must rise in the night to use the WC, so not an optimal situation. Best I could do was hang my eye mask over the door to the WC, which I put on before entering so I wasn’t blasted with a bright light in the middle of the night. The FD told me this morning this light is supposed to be on a 15 minute timer, which was obv not working in my room. The hotel is refunding points for 1 night and offered free breakfast, so all good. I’d def stay there again, I’d just test the timer in the WC before unpacking and settling in LOL. When comparing the rates for the Hyatt Place versus a hotel in city centre, it’s a no brainer (for me) to stay at the airport. It takes a few mins to walk to the airport to catch a 10 minute train that takes you right to the centre of the city. Super easy. A transport ticket for the day was US$8.50, which included trams in the city centre and transit to and from the airport.
Would love to see Disney Shanghai and HK too but international travel is out for us right now.
