A little solo exploration

Natasha has her senior recital coming up at the end of the month. While she went off to her conservatory to practice, I took the opportunity to walk around aimlessly with a camera* and see what I stumbled across.

Starting out on the only path familiar to me, I walked along the Rämistrasse to the Utoquai, then followed that down to Zürichhorn Park. I didn't actually walk through the park since that was something I was planning on seeing with Natasha, however while in the immediate area I did find out that the Johann Jacobs Museum (the coffee museum) was closed until the 26th - shortly after I arrive back in the States. This was particularly disappointing because I had been keen to buy some souvenirs or postcards for a pair of coffee addicts back home. O well (next time)!

I crossed the Limmat again, via the Quaibrücke; this time I walked southwards. I wandered around Belvoir park for a spell, then stumbled across something my mother would definitely appreciate: a greenhouse. Not in my guidebook (perhaps too small, or too random, of a place), I had found the Sukkulenten-Sammlung (succulent plant collection - cacti, agaves, aloes &c.) There were a few plants in bloom that I could've photographed, however it was at least 25 degrees warmer and 125% more humid; my camera lens wanted none of that. After the feeling in my fingers had returned, I went out into the cold again, and eventually made my way back to our flat. I'd like to point out that not once did I get lost (in fact, I only used a small map to identify some buildings), which is quite a feat for someone whose sense of direction is as crap as mine. Particularly because had I gotten lost, I would've really been up sh!t creek, since my grasp of German is almost nonexistant. I know that Links means "left." I'm not sure what "right" is. I should find out. Just in case.

*I haven't yet figured out how to make my mother's camera talk to Natasha's computer. When I do, I'll start putting some of the pictures up.