Interesting Tour Guide- But Also Slight Disappointment
We (me and my husband) visited Switzerland for the first time. We are from the USA, and it had been a dream of mines since I was 14. So, I must say my expectations were high. I will begin by saying overall it was one of the best decisions ever. The air was clean, the streets were clean, the water was clean. We met a very nice lady on the train who mentioned to us that a good friend was a travel ….however she was on vacation during the time of our stay so we venture out on our own for a tour guide. We ran across the Best of Switzerland tours.
First let me comment on our driver Jose. Jose was an extremely skilled driver and safe driver. My mother always had this phrase (be careful you are carrying precious cargo, when someone was responsible for getting us from point A to point B). well, I felt like that with Jose. On the day of our tour, it was very cold, wet, and rainy, and yet with Jose there were no slips and slides, no sudden stops, no having to back up because you turned to sharp, even took us down some incredibly tight spaces and maneuvered around cars like they were bicycles on the side of the road. Thank you, Jose, for keeping us all safe.
Monica was a delightful tour guide who obviously had guided many tourists during the bus ride in the city, to the walking tour in Old Town. It was kind of drizzly at this point and she used her bright red umbrella to hold up to keep a group of probably 50 together. That was ingenious. Here is where the disappointment came in, it was so cold, and so wet (rainy) and the winds were so high that for me personally it was a horrible day for walking 20 minutes. Ok I get it, but we can’t predict the weather. But even with the bad weather we were excited for the second part of the tour which was a boat ride (a cruise). We all lined up with anticipation, and then waited and waited. Monica came to let us know something was wrong with the boat and if they did not get it fixed, we would catch public transportation over to the last leg of the tour, which was the chocolate factory. Well, there we were all crammed on a city bus (which by the way wasn’t a horrible experience since it was also clean, no smell of dirt, smoke, or other unpleasant smells, no dirty carpet and etc). Bummer on no boat ride because I was really looking forward to it and was also quite hungry by this time since there was no eating or drinking on the bus (understandably so), and I really needed to potty (which would also been a welcomed opportunity). But overall, Monica with her sweet voice and calming spirit still made the tour very pleasurable and as we all reached the Lindt chocolate factory everything was so much better. I mean who doesn’t love chocolate. Thanks Monica.
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Zurich
Mobile Ticket
Offered in: English
5 hours 15 minutes
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