My course at the Goethe-Institute ended on the 26th, leaving a few days before I needed to be in Stuttgart. There were several others who also had some time before they too needed to be at their next destinations, so we decided that the best way to use our time would be to go to Switzerland. Unfortunately the weather forecast wasn't looking particularly in our favor, so we didn't make it to our dream location of Interlaken and hiking in the heart of the Swiss alps-- leaving motivation for a trip next summer. Instead we headed to the city where Zwingli made a name for himself during the reformation, James Joyce frequently visited, and Swiss chocolate was readily available for consumption- Zurich.
A view of the city on both sides of the Limmat River
Swiss Chocolate!
Our first stop was to the grocery store to stock up on chocolate to give us the necessary energy for the day. There were three more shelves full of chocolate... unbelievable.
This is St. Peter, with the largest clockface in Europe
Fraumuenster
This is the first church that we visited as we couldn't get into St. Peter's church. It was fabulous getting to visit these churches in Zurich, as it was the first time I had visited a church so influenced by the reformation. My heart was strangely warmed, as the feel of the church was so much more conforting than those of the Catholic churches I have visited. They too are amazing, but their was something so much more familiar within the walls of the two churches we visited in Zurich.
Grossmuenster- the church where Zwingli held pastoral responsibilities. 
Herr Zwingli himself
Zurich by night
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