Took a train to Stuttgart with Mark and Lexie, two nice Canadians from the hostel in Munich, then continued on to Zurich.
The hostel in Zurich is a fair way out from the city, which gives the advantage of seeing Swiss suburbia (and the disadvantage of being a long way out). It turns out that Swiss suburbia is very pleasant. I went back into the city and walked down Bahnhofstrasse, which is also pleasant. There's some things every city so far has had that Zurich's missing; the most striking of which is the complete absence of beggars. Munich, Vienna, Rome, Barcelona and Paris all had a lot more folks on the streets than I would've expected, and in Zurich, there are none. Also lacking - kebab stands, phone centres, souvenir-sellers, and anyone even remotely unsavoury-looking. It could just be because Zurich is smaller, or it could be because the whole place feels rather... neutral, for lack of a better word. Oh well, it's certainly pleasant.
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