SWITZERLAND Readers's Tips - First things first calm down and get ready to enjoy.ou're headed for the country that had the first fullyelectric train system, probably still has the best or one of the utmost best train systems, and it's all waiting for you to make the most of. No worries.witzerland has public transport downand32; like nobody else.any people who could afford one don't have a car a bit like folks in San Francisco or Manhattan. Rapperswil is a nice town on the lake of Zand252;rich, these days it serves practically as a commutersuburb to the big city of Z. The suburban SBahn (in the US it would probably be called "light rail" takes just 36 minutes and runs several times an hour. Take a moment to get familiar with this website: www.il. it has all the trains you'd ever want to look up. To get a better sense of the lay of the land, of distances and directions, use these two websites (both are for road trips but bring up good maps sometimes one is a bit better, sometimes the other: www.ppy.m and www.amichelin.m Be ready to input the place names in the Swiss (German in your case spelling if the English is not recognized, like Konstanz not Constance or Luzern not Lucerne. You can also take boats, for example on your day of arrival, after you've gotten yourself from the airport to the central station and then to Rapperswil, you might want to go back up to Zand252;rich on the 12:30 boat (arrives at Z. Band252;rkliplatz 14:15 or on the 13:25 (arr.5:15. great way to relax after your trip Look at the boat timetables on www.g./fahrplan/zvv.ml Excursion targets (google the names and read up on them, and input them as destinations on the two websites I gave you, then use the www.il. site to find connections: Konstanz St.allen Titlis Sand228;ntis Engelberg Toggenburg Luzern Rigi Pilatus Schaffhausen Rheinfall Basel Bern Winterthur (Oskar Reinhardt Museum: www.seumoskarre That's all outside of Zand252;rich, a city which has a lot to offer itself your two weeks will go by like that Don't know about the worth of a rail pass you have to travel quite a bit to make it pay, and your daytrips may not add up to enough kilometers total to make it worth your while.ut on arrival, ask about the halffare card for a short term. Besides, you'll spend a bunch of time going to Zand252;rich, so a local transportation card may be of more use on the days when you go exploring Zand252;rich (and maybe on the weekend when your husband can join you: www.erich.m/zurich/zuerichcard/index.m About your arrival: After showing your passports you'll get the bags off the carousels.ote that you can take a trolley over to the train station with you, these trolleys can go up and down escalators you'll be amazed. You'll come out the customs door (green just walk through if you have nothing to declare; red go there if you know you have something to declare, or if you're not sure and follow the signs (Zu de

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