the City

15 mins from Hotel Allegra to the main train station at Zurich HB. It helps that the train station was literally located next to the hotel. very convenient. Bought a 12.50 CHF return train ticket (think it was a day pass) from the hotel reception. lots of construction outside the main train station. It was a beautiful day!

took time to stroll down the Bahnhofstrasse, "one of the most elegant and expensive shopping streets in the world" (so says the website. but after Omotesando, well...) It begins in the north, at the Hauptbahnhof (the railway station), opening onto Bahnhofplatz, and runs south to the lake.

it's good to see civilisation

also old buildings galore in the city. only difference is people everywhere!