7/19/17 - 7/24/17: Switzerland wrap-up

Individual Daily Photo Albums

• Wednesday 7/19/2017: Speed boating Lake Zurich
• Thursday 7/20/2017: Walk around Lake Zurich and downtown
• Friday 7/21/2017: Wup Kusnacht, Pfannensteig
• Saturday 7/22/2017: Berner Oberland, Glacier snow, Barracks
• Sunday 7/23/2017: Berner Oberland, Bern, Laszlow visit in Muri   Album-2
• Monday 7/24/2017: flight home

I have fallen behind in keeping a daily update.  I blame Google blogger :-), that now rejects email originating from outside the USA to create blog posts :-(.

Wednesday 7/19 was a low-key hanging-out day where I finished editing my and my subordinates research papers, as well as the first draft of a conference presentation I am giving on 8/2.  We were on Lake Zurich speed boating for a short time and I was able to spend a few hours hiking the mountains above Herrliberg before a late dinner.

Thursday 7/20 called for rain and thunderstorms so we planned to play paintball but the paintball center was closed (and it was not raining) so we walked around lake Zurich.

Friday 7/21 I was up early and went on a 3-hour hike, then the family drove up to an old castle ruin on Wup and we hiked the region of the nearby river where my nephew tried (and failed) to shoot fish with his hunting bow.

On Saturday 7/22 we packed up two cars and 11 of us drove up to the Sustenpass (Swiss Alps near Bern) where we hiked mountain lakes, a glacier, played in the snow, and then slept in a military barrack with 12 beds all connected and crammed into a tiny room.  It was quite horrible as one might imagine because of snoring and other sounds that kept some of us awake most of the night.

Sunday 7/23 we got an early start and visited a cousin in Muri (very close to Bern).  The 15 of us had a great discussion, then hiked up the Gurt mountain and finally had a wonderful Italian dinner in downtown Bern before heading back to Herrliberg.

There was a bit of a panic when we discovered that Iceland Air (a second time) kicked us off our flight and did not contact us.  When I called, waited 71 minutes on hold, they realized their mistake and asked if we would fly Tuesday 7/25 since the flights were all full.   Instead were re-accommodated on another Swiss flight via LAX on Monday 7/25.  Final arrangements were made at 1:00 AM Monday for the Monday flight, ouch.

Monday 7/24 we flew home.