in the middle east

We began our journey on Saturday August 12. After living a week with our friends the Metzger's we packed our bags and headed out for the year long journey. We left O'Hare at 8pm and arrived in Zurich, Switzerland at 10am. Since we had 12 hours until our flight left, we took the train from the airport into downtown Zurich. We were told that one can see the Swiss Alps in horizon of the city on a sunny day. But alas, it was a cool, cloudy, and rainy day. After buying an umbrella (we forgot one), we set out to explore downtown Zurich. As you will see, old town Zurich is like stepping back in time 400 years to an old European town. We ate lunch at a cool buffet restaurant, and ventured out into the cobblestone streets of old town. We discovered some really old cathedrals and had a great time. After we had enough of the rain, we went back to the airport and flew out at 10pm. We arrived in Tel Aviv, Israel at 4am. We caught a taxi to Jerusalem (about a 45min ride) and arrived at out new apt (we'll show you pictures later) So enjoy some photos and video from our journey by clicking on this link:http://mywebspace.wisc.edu/tpmackie/web/pictures/wisc-zur...