We landed in Zurich Saturday night just in time for a quick shower before dinner at Eisenhof with all of our friends…at least those still living in Zurich. With less than a week’s notice we were able to get Petra and Sean, Erin, Esther, Bianca (minus Pete) and Charlie (minus Robin) all together for a reunion dinner at our favorite meat on a stone restaurant. True to Swiss form, it took over 3 hours from start to finish, with some slight confusion as to ordering, but overall the meal was perfect. It was so good that Martin and Charlie both felt the need to order another round of meat to end the evening. We capped off the night at a nearby bar with those still standing and Martin and I had a quick dance at Nelson’s for old time´s sake.
The next morning, true to Zurich form, it rained – a hard, cold miserable rain. Good thing we weren’t there to sightsee. And due to the rain Martin, B and I spent the afternoon indoors watching movies. We did make it out for an American brunch at our old American dive bar Iroquois, which has sense been remodeled and renovated to classy French Country decor bistro…if we didn’t know what it used to be and could have been, I would have loved it, unfortunately it was a little too surreal to see the once smoke filled dingy restaurant all dressed up, light and airy.
That night, Martin and I went to have dinner at our old apartment building, hosted by our favorite landlord Helen. The whole building showed up (including new arrivals and old friends) and it felt like old times. After swapping stories and making new memories, I wished we could have just gone downstairs to our old apartment and called it a night.
I could have stayed in Zurich at least another 2 weeks. But we had more important things to do…the next day I was taking Martin to Oktoberfest!
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