Month: June 2010
Sprüngli versus Teuscher
On the subject of chocolate, I blogged about Neuchâtel’s local hero Phillipe Suchard a few months ago. The Suchard brand is now owned by Kraft and does not have their own outlets. We checked out two top chocolatiers while visiting Zürich. Teuscher has more than 12 shops in the US and Canada, and several in…
PULS 5
The center of Zürich is quaint and elegant with designer shops, restaurants, churches, and museums – a classical European city. But Zürich also has a funky, post-industrial side, generally known as Zürich West. It is the Zürich equivalent of NYC’s meatpacking district, except that the warehouses here are much bigger. We spent a couple of afternoons…
Zürich cityscape from the top of Grossmünster
In the center of Zurich are two landmark churches situated on either side of the Limmat river. We climbed many steps to the top of one of the two towers of Grossmünster which dates back to 1200 ! From there you get the best views of Zurich – Lake Zurich, the Limmat river, Fraumünster (the other…