I spent the last two weekends in Zürich. Pictures can be found here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2075055&id=40804674&l=1b4528f950
Last Saturday I went to Zürich by myself to do some shopping. Mostly did window shopping, since everything was really expensive! But it was still a fun day. I bought a manga that was translated into German and a skirt. I also went into a few different churches and took a boat ride up and down the river.
On Sunday Mom, Dad, Grandma Nancy, and Grandpa Bill got here. I met them at the airport rather than at the hotel like we planned. Which was a good thing because Dad thought the airport train station was the main station and didn't know what train to take. Then we missed the stop closest to their hotel and had to get off and back on the train going the other direction. Hooray for unlimited train passes! We took a walk around the hotel neighborhood (they stayed at the Movenpick in Regensdorf) and had dinner at a cafe. Went to bed early because everyone was really tired (me included since I never really fell asleep after Charles called and told me what happened to Gus on Saturday night).
Monday they came to visit me at PSI so I could show them the solar furnace. We had lunch at the OASE and then I met them in Baden for dinner. Tuesday and Wednesday we did experiments, one with cryolite and a tungsten cathode, and one trying to make Mg from MgO. We are hopeful about making Mg but won't know for sure until this next week.
Friday Dr. Palumbo took us to the hot springs and my family came with. It was so relaxing! The water was warm, but not too warm. They had lots of different jets to massage you. There was also a steam room with menthol or something. It felt weird at first but then really nice to breathe it in. Friday night I went back to Regensdorf to spend the weekend with my family.
We were going to visit the Ballenberg open air museum on Saturday, but it was going to rain and we decided to go to Zürich instead. I had been there the previous weekend, so I showed them some of the cool things I found. Grandma bought an accordion at the antique flea market place. Dad and Grandpa and I climbed up the tower of the Grossmünster, which was really neat. You could see the whole city! We did some shopping, and Dad bought me a Swiss Army Knife (the Climber). I was going to get one anyways so I'm glad he got one for me. The place we ate dinner was pretty cool. Lots of weapons on the walls, including an anti-aircraft gun over the entrance!
This morning I said goodbye to my family at the airport. I really wanted to get on the plane with them. Don't get me wrong, I'm having a great time here, but I also really miss home. Especially Wade. After they went to security I went to the Swiss National Museum. That was pretty cool. I couldn't take any pictures though. They had an exhibit about the history of knives and the Swiss Army Knife, stuff about the history of Switzerland, and old military uniforms and weapons, among other things. After I found some lunch I tried to go to a bird sanctuary, but it wasn't open. But while I was there I found out that the Ironman Switzerland was going on today, so there were tons of people around and a bunch of stands selling food and stuff. And there was a cool percussion group by the race route that I stopped and listened to for a while.
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