Our flight home was routed through Zurich, Switzerland, which is in the opposite direction we needed to go. Upon arrival in Zurich, we learned that our flight home was cancelled. The airline put us up in the Hilton and paid for all of our meals.

We got to spend the day exploring the city (without a guided tour this time). I liked the contrast of the traditional buildings next to the modern architecture. Emily found it depressing. Part of the day was spent looking at the same chain stores we saw in DC, London, Madrid, Athens, Rome, Paris, etc. European cities seem thouroughly homoginized. It is almost pointless to even visit them.

Aside from the depressing congruency to other cities, the archetectural contrasts kept me interested. And the Hilton food was decent.