Swiss on the go

P came back yesterday. We had gone to pick her up with a detour to Susie's for couple of cup cakes. However, we did come home to keep them in the fridge before proceeding to the airport. Did not have much time there at the viewing gallery as the flight had arrived. Yet, after collecting P's lone bag we did get M an ice capp and she went up with P to show her reduced viewing gallery.
The beauty of this trip for P has been the impromptu visit to Zurich. She was in transit for over 6 hours there and she went out to the city. Apparently one does not need a visa or anything to do that. She enquired at the Info kiosk and they told her to buy a day pass, hop on a train and be in the city. She did just that, loaded with a city map and directions to which train to get there and come back.
At that early hour bakers were setting street side stalls to sell freshly baked breads and other Swiss goodies. Unfortunately, they would not take a credit card and P did not have any Swiss francs or Euros. Al;so, nobody wanted the USDs. So she walks on, hops on a tram, does the usual sight-seeing and is by then in need of washroom. Guess what, one has to shell out 2 SWF for that. Again no local moolah, it's a no go. P gets in the nearest McDonalds, buys a coffee and a something to eat and also gets to use the washrooms.
Soon the traffic starts picking up and she heads back to the airport using a combination of tram and a train and is now here, recalling her "touched my feet to Switzerland" tale.

August End

It is almost over. The summer, it came, was looked forward too and now it will be gone. Already the night temps have dipped to comfortable 10. Yes coming out of scorching, muggy 25s and 26s now even the 10 seems welcome.

P is in India, her mom had a bypass surgery and she is now providing moral and physical help for mil to come out of post op issues. We also had a trip to Boston earlier in the month. It was a typical Bhade trip. Extensive use of public transit right from landing at the Airport. It felt hectic and fruitful. We visited Harvard and all the spots that one is supposed to visit in Boston.

M put in lot of effort in chalking out an itinerary and having a game plan on reaching there. Most of it went as planned, however, we did skip Tapas planned for the last night with Indian food at Tantric. On this trip we also bought an iPad 2. The deal seemed good due to dollar rate and taxes in Mass. but unfortunately the thing would not to complete satisfaction and we had to be on the phone for tech support, which of course did not help.

Eventually it was shipped out by a store here and now we have a piece that is satisfactory. It has also been raining a lot the past few days. Also in India and the worry is that P has to fly back on Tuesday. Hope everything goes well. Here hurricane Irene is pounding US but hopefully it should pass over Canada by Monday. This time P is coming back via Zurich and Montreal.

More later, it is a lazy and lonely Sunday.