2 Days Till Takeoff!!

Well, we're almost at the 48 hour mark till takeoff, and we've been super busy making lists, packing and running errands to ensure we have everything. We spent a bunch of time looking through guidebooks, and think we have our main itinerary laid out, including all the things we want to see and daytrips we'll be taking. This is what we've got planned:

1. Zurich  -  4 full days
1. Winterthur & Kyburg  (1/2 day - full day)
2. Rapperswil  (full day, take boat there & train back)
3. Explore Zurich (museums & tour)
1. Grossmunster
2. Swiss National Museum
3. Botanical Gardens
4. St. Peter's Kirche
4. Rhinefalls & nearby area (full day)
2. Schaan-Vaduz  - 1 full day
1. Schloss Vaduz Hike
2. Walking tour
1. Kunstmuseum
2. Landesmuseum
3. Brugg  - partial day
1. Brugg walking tour
2. Vindonissa
3. Lenzburg Castle (south of brugg)
4. Basel  - 1 full day
1. Walking tour & spalen gate
1. museums
2. munster
2. Augusta Raurica (on way from Brugg)
5. Luzern  - 2 full days
1. Mount Rigi/Pilatus/Titlis (1/2 day - pick one)
2. Wagner Museum
3. Gletsohergarten
4. Panorama Painting
5. Other walking tour
6. Solothurn  - 1 full day
1. Walking tour
1. churches & museums
2. Beer Brew Place
3. Daytrip?
7. Bern  - 2 full days
1. Walking tour
1. Bear pits
2. Munster St. Vinzenz
3. Einstein Museum
2. Neuchatel
3. Murten
4. Freiburg
5. Thun & nearby castles
8. Interlaken  - 2 full days
1. Interlaken walking tour
2. Lauterbrunnen & nearby
3. Brienz Open Air Museum
9. Vevey  - 4 full days
1. Gruyeres (cheese/chocolate/castle)
2. Chateau de Chillion (1/2 day)
3. Vevey/Montreux Walking tour
4. Aigle (1/2-full day)
5. Lavaux (1/2-full day)
6. Other potential trips in Frommers
10. Geneva
1. Lausanne
2. Geneva Walking Tour
1. Cathedrale St. Pierre
2. Cern LHC
3. Museums

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Itinerary

Jeff and I are going to Switzerland for the month of May in order to fully take advantage of a free month after 5 long years of university!! We booked our hostels back in January. Here's the plan:

May 1: Plane leaves Toronto at 6:45pm
May 2: Plane lands in Paris at 8:10am, then leaves at 9:50am for Zurich, arrive 11:45am

May 2 - May 7 : Zurich
Staying at City Backpacker - Hotel Biber in Downtown Zurich

May 7 - May 9 : Vaduz [Liechtenstein]
Staying at Schaan-Vaduz Youth Hostel

May 9 - May 10 : Brugg
Staying at Brugg Youth Hostel - Schlossli Altenburg (A castle!!!!)

May 10 - May 12 : Basel
Staying at Basel St. Alban Youth Hostel

May 12 - May 15 : Lucerne
Staying at Swiss Backpacker's Lucerne

May 15 - May 17 : Solothurn
Staying at Solothurn Youth Hostel

May 17 - May 20 : Bern
Staying at Bern Backpackers Hotel Glocke

May 20 - May 23 : Interlaken
Staying at Swiss Backpackers Villa Sonnenhof

May 23 - May 28 : Vevey
Staying at the Swiss Backpackers Riviera Lodge

May 28 - June 2 : Geneva
Staying at Geneva Youth Hostel

Jun 2: Plane leaves Geneva at 2:10pm and arrives in Amsterdam at 3:50pm, then leaves at 5:30pm and arrives in Toronto at 7:30pm. Keep in mind there are time changes :p

Only 26 days and 10 hours of exams to go before we take off!! If you have any "must sees", please let us know!!