(Garrett writing)
After arriving in Zürich we made our way to the tram, which we hopped on in the wrong direction. Maybe that was an omen. After correcting our mistake, we made our way to the address on our hotel's booking confirmation where we wandered around the block looking for something that looked like a hotel.
At this point it would be relevant to note that the "hotel" we had booked was new, and thus had no reviews. We soon (relatively, as wandering around in sleet makes time go by much slower) discovered that the hotel we had booked was actually a furnished apartment, and to check-in, we had to enter our pin number into a machine outside the apartment. The machine would then dispense the room key. While our room was clean (minus some mold in the corner of the ceiling), it looked nothing like any of the pictures we had seen online. We looked through the features listed on our booking confirmation:
Without wi-fi, we didn't really know where in the city we were, or how to get to anything we wanted to see and the area around our hotel wasn't very inviting.
We had passed a McDonald's on the way to the hotel, where we saw that Big Macs were $14 CAD, so we opted to pick up snacks at the convenience store across the street for dinner to save money (with ample beer to drown our sorrows).
After arriving in Zürich we made our way to the tram, which we hopped on in the wrong direction. Maybe that was an omen. After correcting our mistake, we made our way to the address on our hotel's booking confirmation where we wandered around the block looking for something that looked like a hotel.
At this point it would be relevant to note that the "hotel" we had booked was new, and thus had no reviews. We soon (relatively, as wandering around in sleet makes time go by much slower) discovered that the hotel we had booked was actually a furnished apartment, and to check-in, we had to enter our pin number into a machine outside the apartment. The machine would then dispense the room key. While our room was clean (minus some mold in the corner of the ceiling), it looked nothing like any of the pictures we had seen online. We looked through the features listed on our booking confirmation:
- Free wi-fi: No wi-fi
- Mini-fridge: Had a European plug that wouldn't fit into the Swiss wall socket, so we had to use an adapter we brought to plug it in
- DVD player: Nope (not that we cared)
- Sound-proof: We could hear neighbours above us and beside us having sex at various points throughout the night
Without wi-fi, we didn't really know where in the city we were, or how to get to anything we wanted to see and the area around our hotel wasn't very inviting.
We had passed a McDonald's on the way to the hotel, where we saw that Big Macs were $14 CAD, so we opted to pick up snacks at the convenience store across the street for dinner to save money (with ample beer to drown our sorrows).
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