We visit the Zurich tourism center at the main Zurich bahnhof (trainstation) - Zurich HB.
While the trains are impeccably punctual, figuring out how to use the trains in Zurich is not that straightforward. The locals here tell me that the system changed recently and even the locals sometimes have trouble figuring out which tickets to buy. I'll write another post on this later.
At the tourism office, we take the guided city walking tour to help us get familiar with the city. It starts at Zurich HB with a walk down a big shopping street.
The tour is very informative, but I don't remember (or listen to) a lot of the details. The main shopping street had a lot of name brand stores with really high prices. I'm guessing Zurich (or Switzerland) is not a place to visit if you're interested in shopping.
There's one big river that goes through the Zurich's old town area and dumps into the lake. The tour guided us along both sides of the river here and there. Above is one right next to the river and below is one a bit higher up with a nice vantage point.
When not going along the river, the guide led us through a lot of narrow streets in old town.
The streets are all a bit curvy, so it was easy to lose our bearings. Good for just exploring.
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