Background: For the next few days I was mainly doing the tourist thing, although I did briefly stop by one place in Milan and had an all too brief experience of Ljubljana’s vibrant nightlife, otherwise I was mostly enjoying craft beer and some great Italian food. In fact other than MetalDays there is not much…
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Zürich’s metal scene, featuring a friendly chat and some mead sampling
First port of call was Spelunke! Bar, just outside of the centre and involving another suburban train, which was subject to a very rare (for Switzerland) delay. Anyway even though it’s out a bit, it’s probably one of the highlights of the trip. Entrance to Spelunke! Bar, where I had a pretty good time. The…
A fleeting pass through Zürich, and several comedies of errors
July 20 I left Paris the following morning, for an equally short stay in Zürich where I will stay overnight before taking a rather special train over the Alps and into Italy. I took the TGV to Strasbourg, covering 300 miles (about 500 km) in a mere 2 hours, impressive when many train journeys of…