Saturday 16 June - a day in Swissland


Arrived safe and sound in Zurich. We had the usual troubles with Swisscom at the Zurich Airport, even though they always seem helpful. Rita's old SIM, with ChF50 top-up would not work in either my iPhone4 or the iPad (which we didn't find out until after we left the airport, as always!). As we were to find out in Bern in July, not only did we need to top-up the account, we also needed to activate a new service plan which could be paid for by the money in the account. Next time, we will know exactly what to ask for (we hope!). Rita got a new phone SIM for her iPhone 3GS, so at least we had some connectivity while in Switzerland. The Hertz guy convinced us to upgrade to a Toyota Avensis station wagon for ChF15 per day extra. May be useful with the girls and all their luggage next month. We'll see! Spent the day catching up with Rita's parents. Only a very short stop in Bern at this time, since we will be returning again in July, in between our cruising again on the Garonne Canal.