Zurich tomorrow

By the time we get to Zurich tomorrow evening, I think we'll be ready for a little dose of European culture, because here it's been all Olympics culture. The feel of the city is very different than any other trip. It's not exactly European, it's not exactly international either. It's like a special Olympics feeling, as if we could come, go to no events, and still have the same sense of the place.

The Olympics are on TV everywhere, signs are up everywhere, athletes, team colors, flags, are everywhere. ... It's like watching NBC Olympics coverage straight. But without the dumb commentators. Or, at least, since we can't usually understand them, they may as well not be there.