2:11 pm: My train from Zagreb to Zurich was an epic 15 hours. Luckily i slept through most of it and I think I'm almost caught up on sleep. Arrive in Zurich around 10 and found my hostel really easily. I've been exploring since. Zurich is gorgeous (like everywhere else in Switzerland). Pristine water, mountains, cheese shops, tons of swans...it's sooo nice. The river splits the city in half so it's all waterfront promenades and bridges. Saw some nice churches and squares, parks etc. Other than a beautiful city, I'm finding that Zurich doesn't have much else to offer. It's really just a financial district and is mostly visited for business. Everything is INSANELY expensive. I got a sausage from a street vendor (with no bun) for $8! Looks like I'll be having dinner from the grocery store. Bahnofstrasse is considered the most expensive street in Europe. I'm not sure if I would agree but it is definitely way out of my price range. I haven't had much luck shopping in general anyway. I don't think European stores carry size XS in shirts and the smalls are always so big. It's kind of annoying. I'm just waiting until 3 pm so I can check into my room and hopefully meet some people because I already feel like I've seen everything there is to see. The plan for tomorrow is to take a morning train to Lausanne and check out the Olympic Musuem before my night train to Girona to meet up with Britt and Natalie.
7:05 pm: Not having very good luck in Zurich. This hostel is really not great for a solo traveller. Its mostly full of foreigners and old people. Needless to say I haven't really met anyone here. thankfully I only planned one day here. Looks like it might be an early night. This might give me a good excuse to study for my MCATs since I lugged the books with me on this trip but haven't studied that much. I've been really good traveling solo last year and most of this trip but it's nights like these where I regret not having a friend come with me. But in two days I'll have Biskal with me and it will be amazing!
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