A Good Start to our trip

The flight to Zurich ended up being full but worked fine and got us there early – 10:20am. From the airport, we took the train for an hour to Konstanz, Germany and walked along the water front through town to the rental car office.

We got a VW Golf and some snacks, then drove back to Zurich. We met Christof by the lake and I had a nice reunion. The two of us have unicycled and sailed together in many countries for over 15 years, but due to Covid, hadn’t seen each other in person since Portugal in 2019.

We walked down to an outdoor café where Katie opted for Cappuccino but we had a couple of beers each. The temperature was perfect and it was super enjoyable. We walked back to near the car and decided we had to stay a little longer for a swim. We went in and the clean cool water was so so nice.

Christof took the bus up the long hill with his bike while we followed in the car. We drove over to our AirBnB in the neighboring town and unloaded luggage, then Christof drove us back to his house for dinner, stopping off for a few groceries. It was one of those perfect long evenings, out on the deck, relaxed and fun. We had all kinds of yummy breads and cheeses, beers, berries and more.

After dinner Christof showed us some of his unicycle stuff including a couple of the latest generation Schlumpf geared hubs. We plan to visit the creator, Florian Schlumpf himself, next weekend.

Christof noticed we were both really tired from sleeping only 1-2 hours on the plane so kindly drove us home. We said good-bye and settled in for some really deep sleep.