maple leaf lounge

i'm in toronto, awaiting my connection to montreal. My sister scored me a sweet pass to Air Canada's first class lounge here at Pearson. I knocked back - i mean sipped - a Grand Marnier before I realized they didn't allow liquor near the computers. gives safe computing a whole new meaning. so here I am, blogging jet-lagged and tipsy, with swiss water still in my hair.

On my transatlantic flight from Zurich this morning, I had a window seat with no one beside me. sweetness indeed, I lay right down and slept. Apparently we flew right over Paris and London but it was completely overcast. oh well.
The flight was full of blond half-Swiss children. Adorable and well-behaved, of course. Someday these spawn will unite and... make everyone come to consensus on global issues. These sleeper cells of Helvetic half-breeds may be the US's only hope at this point.

I had 2 days in Zurich, Thursday and Friday. I basically ran around on bike and refreshed my favourite memories in my favourite spots. It's so the same as when i left it 4 years ago. The interesting is that you forget the detail. you remember the simple dimensions of objects and your memory jettisons the fill-in.

Yesterday Matt & Helen took me walking in the mountains around Lucerne. Really nice. We ended up having dinner on the river in Lucerne, which was so great due to the starlight quality of the lights reflecting in the river. Plus the mountains loom dramatically over Lucerne, so it's a stunning setting to start with.

- swims: 5. (kilchberg, limmat, limmat, zurisee, Vierwaldstaettersee)
- modes of transportation: (plane), bicycle, citybike, sbahn, train, tram, citybus, postbus, boat, funicular, and freakin' scary alpine elevator (straight up in midair)
- cows spotted: lots.
- weddings passed by in adorable hill chapels overlooking stunning lake & mountain vistas: 1
- amount of chocolate I'm packing: not telling