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Thank you, really appreciate the kind comment!

@cecilia.travel you're very welcome. 😊

Thank you! The views are still lovely now, but you go through a little less of the mountains (and save an hour!) because the Gotthard Base Tunnel is open again. You could always take the “Gotthard Panorama Express” route to Milan and change there, but the direct train is back on the fast track. The train is an SBB one - in my experience those go from Zurich to Milan / Venice (and back) rather than Italian ones, but the staff etc change, and I’m not sure but I think the restaurant options might change too. Definitely recommend this journey, I hope you get round to it!

@@cecilia.travel Thanks a lot for all the updates. Much appreciated. Best wishes!

I think it’s changed quite a bit, but it is quite a cute little town!

It’s not nearly as big as in the UK or US, but it is celebrated a little! Also this was with a fairly international bunch of people :)

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it :)

Schön erklärt👍💪

I’m sure you’re right that people are expected to find things anyway :) The funny thing with this branch that doesn’t have signs over the aisles (the Coop at Stauffacher) is that it has a really strange layout! There are 2 floors, with fresh things downstairs, and the ground floor has two areas with shelves at an angle… so it took me forever to find lemon juice, but hey you learn over time :)

Is this in the US? I know it’s something people say, that McFlurry machines never work, but I’ve never been to a McDonald’s where it wasn’t working! But I’ve always lived in Europe, maybe there’s a difference for some reason!

Maybe! But don’t they usually say the thing they want you to buy is limited so that you feel like you need to get it now?

Haha :) Just baffling!

Oohh that makes sense! Thank you for explaining!

Sorry about the late reply, but thank you for the suggestion! Have added it to my Google Maps pins ☺️

Hey! If you look on the SBB website on their timetable, there’s usually a 7.33am train from Zurich to Venice and a return one at 3.18pm. (SBB are the Swiss national railways, I would really recommend getting their app for while you’re in Switzerland and using their EasyRide function for shorter journeys - if you google “SBB EasyRide” it’ll come up.) It’s worth checking prices on the Trenitalia site as well, sometimes they differ, and Trainline etc also sell tickets for this route. (It’s Zurigo to Venezia S. Lucia on the Italian site.) While the Gotthard Base Tunnel is closed for passenger transport, the route is still the one I took as well, up through the mountains, but at some point in September they’ll reopen the tunnel and the direct train will go through that instead - which still gets you some lovely views before and after the tunnel, and the train is an hour faster that way so you can’t really lose either way :) One thing to be aware of is that within Switzerland you don’t need reservations on almost any “normal” train, but in Italy it’s a requirement and as a result it’s part of booking a ticket - which you can do on the SBB or Italian railways site - so book in advance if you can! Hope you have the best time!

@@cecilia.travel Thank you Cecilia! The video was great and your response was very helpful. I think if you can boost the volume on your end it would help, I had it at full volume and had trouble hearing. The viewers can always lower their volume if too loud. You will do well on TH-cam IMO!

Ah, thank you for the feedback, really appreciate it!

Haha it does sound crazy for me too! But a couple of my Swiss colleagues just reckon it’s a rational precaution :)

@@cecilia.travel I mean, yeah, I definitely rather have that than not have it when living close to a nuclear power plant, even tho modern nuclear plants, especially in wealthy countries like Switzerland are really, really safe

Thanks Shalini! It was so nice, definitely going again sometime because it really is super easy!

It was such a nice and easy trip! Definitely going back :)