Zurich

Zurich had a fantastic natural history museum (National Museum?). Anyway, they had artifacts from the stone age to current times but I was really interested in the stone to iron ages. Fortunate for me they had an excellent English guide for all the items in the collection that I was interested in. Well, first I went through the exhibit reading the French (I see that some of my elementary school French has stuck with me because I certainly got more from the French than the German info panels). Then I went through the exhibit a second time after lunch to take photos. The third time I went through was when I had the book.

They had the oldest stone tools found in Switzerland as well as fire starter kits, wooden doors and the world's oldest wheel (from 3500-2700 BCE). Anyway, the descriptions of how tools were made and used was fascinating and I was glad to find a museum with such old items. Sadly the rest of the museum didn't have the wonderful English book guide so I didn't get as much from it.

After Zurich I took the train to ... some small town outside Lucern to meet up with Andrea and her coworkers on the beach. We had a BBQ and a relaxing time. I was so hot in Zurich and tired after the walking it was just nice to sit and try and cool down. Sadly after Zurich the weather got colder and wetter.