Back to Zurich

I left Nader and Pinar in Abu Dhabi and flew to my next destination, Zurich.

I had visited Zurich before and I honestly never thought that I would be back.  However, this time I wasn't just visiting a strange city by myself, instead I was visiting friends.  For the past few years living in Australia, I had spent most of my time socialising with Swiss lawyers who were doing their masters degrees in Sydney.  I had met them all whilst doing my own masters and it was nice to find a group of people who were generally looking to explore Sydney.  It gave me a chance to go out and do some extra sightseeing of my own city.  Sadly, most of them were now back in Switzerland now.  The plus side to that I now had people to visit in Zurich.

My first trip to Zurich had been a quiet affair.  Sightseeing and wandering the perfectly clean and manicured streets of the city.  I went up to look at the scenery from all the high places and I caught the boat around the lake.  Everything was "nice", but it wasn't all that exciting.

This time, it was a completely different story.  I spent most of my time going out, visiting friend's homes, getting meals, catching up for coffees and generally just partying.  I very quickly saw Zurich in a different light.  It felt warmer and more welcoming.  It wasn't just a strange and cold place that I had once visited, but it felt almost like a second home where all my friends happened to live.  I'm constantly reminded of the importance of people when I travel and for me, this trip was more evidence of that.