TRAVEL AND LIFESTYLE DIARIES

When I was in Zurich in 2016, I went to eat at the Seerestaurant Quai 61, a lakeside restaurant in the Enge Quarter of the city that sits on stilts in the harbour area of Mythenquai. I went with girlfriend Bubbles and M who I met up when they were visiting the city. The walk to the restaurant on Mythenquai. I was going to have my brunch, whereas the girls were going to have a light lunch before their flight back to Portugal where they will spend another few more days before flying back to Canada. Zurich was basically their side trip from their Portugal holiday. So I spent some time googling about Zurich restaurants by the lake and the Quai 61 seemed to have come up everytime as a promising location, thus I booked a reservation for the three of us around lunchtime. Because Bubbles and M were staying in the old city, I decided to meet with them at the Zurich Hbf (central station). I booked my hotel at Hotel Uto Kulm in the mountain of Uetliberg, which is a 20-minute d...

If there is one thing that really stands out in Zurich during my visit last September, that would have to be the (many) public baths and outdoor pools. I never expected to see such a thriving public and urban bathing culture in Switzerland. The baths and pools were everywhere! Well, luckily, it was a very hot mid-September and any hints of autumn coming were nowhere to be found. A few of the pictures below will show you just how sweltering hot it was in Zurich. This is the Frauenbad (Women's Only Pool/Bath) on the Limmat River in Zurich Old Town.   This is the Seebad Enge, south of Zurich Old Town located in the district of Enge on Lake Zurich. The city has undoubtedly a high density of badis on its rivers and lakes. There are officially 11 public baths and outdoor pools, and not to mention that many locals have a practice of just laying anywhere on the water’s edge for a sunbathe and a swim. I was not really expecting to see anything like this in Zurich but it d...