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Friday, May 15, 2009

Two Days Left

With only two days left before Sunday's trip back to Kalifornian, Peggy and Danny planned to be back in Zürich.

The city's best boutiques lie hidden along the narrow streets between the Bahnhofstrasse and the Limmat River. The fabled Bahnhofstrasse (photo) — famous because it's reputedly the most expensive street in the world — is dominated by large department stores and extravagantly priced jewelry.

At the south end of Bahnhofstrasse, in a square called Paradeplatz, shoppers can take a Kaffee mit Schokoladen at Sprüngli (photo), a Zurich institution that offers a variety of sweet and savory goodies including a wide variety of chocolates, from hand-made truffles to special chocolate bars. I recommend the Truffe du Jour, a chocolate truffle that is made daily from raw cream and is meant to be consumed immediately; or, the extraordinary Grand Cru Sauvage truffle, made from wild cacao beans from Bolivia.

Virtually every street in the center of town has some kind of antiques or collectibles shop. Especially intriguing are "modern antiques" shops, which carry odds and ends from decades past.

The antiquarian bookshops in the upper streets of the Niederdorf area are rich with discoveries—and most have selections of English books. More than souvineers, though, this neighborhood has just what the hungry tourist needs. Beside the always open Bratwurst Imbisstuben found in Niederdorf, we hope the kids will also try a true Swiss favorite, and one of mine. Röstli (a purely Swizerdeutsch word) is a potato pancake (grated potato, formed into a pancake then pan fried until crisp in butter) (photo). Hint: nearly always available at Schwann Restaurant, kids. Notice the sign in the photo above -- Bei uns ist jetzt ... R
östlizeit! -- Here it is now (always) Röstli time!

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