So About
Zurich
Zürich is
a city whose reputation precedes it - Its expensive, bloody expensive! one
barman told me it was between here and Oslo for the most expensive place to
live in the world!! that was after I'd just bought a pint of Guinness in a bar for
9.5 Swiss Franc's roughly about £8, but all was forgiven because, said bar, was
where I watched Sunderland beat their
arch rivals Newcastle 2-1. Bitter Sweet taste...
But seriously
everything is at a premium here, Switzerland in general is expensive, so budget
good and budget well if you come.
Apart
from that Zurich is located on a picturesque river and lake whose water you can
drink, easy to get around and a stranger to the hassled lifestyle that defines
bigger cities, this affluent, fashion-conscious place enjoys the finest things
in life. (if you can afford it)
I don't
think it's really set out for backpacker life, as a couple of young Aussies
told us they paid 27 Swiss Franc's for 2 Kebabs. The staple of a backpackers
diet..
But it is
worth it with the views of the lake and the alps in the background, a lovely
walk around the lake, with its beautiful parks and vibrant street performers everywhere.
So About
the Hostel
CityBackpacker - Hotel/Hostel Biber is located in the pedestrian area right in the
heart of the beautiful and lively old part of town.
The team
here do its best to keep this old building looking and feeling fresh, the
manager Reto, with his team of Ruth and Albert do a sterling job. Don't forget
to check out the roof terrace view. Also this was the first time we stayed in a
dorm room, we can only apologise for synchronised snoring that the other guests
must have endured.
We bonded
with Reto over Swiss larger and break beat dance music. He was more than accommodating
with us and even got us on the guest list for Gonzo Club, a class cool basement
night club, with queues round the block, it's so nice to once in your life swan
up to the front and get in straight away.
We were given
24 Swiss Francs out of his Reto's own money and told on his instructions to ask
at the bar for Tequila, Gold Tequila with orange and cinnamon! this was something very new to us and we
enjoyed so much we got another 4 rounds in, the last round was on the barmaid,
who joined us in shooting back this loveliest of shots. (i can only imagine the free round was
because of our free style dad dancing!) But anyway this part of town 'Züri-West' district used to be industrialised but now its
inhabited by a younger, hipper crowd and has a similar feel and buzz as Berlin's Prenzlauerberg or Mitte.
So About the
Art
In this
Hostel there was not a lot of space to do the large wall pieces that we had done
in other hostels,
so we came to the decision to do 30 unique vinyl art for the
hostel to put up in their room.
The main
thing that Reto wanted was to have signs up around in the common room to
suggest to people to get off your phones and start interacting with people. We came up with some sayings and stuck them
on the vinyl's. We also used
the multi language words on this piece.
They wanted some
colour brought in to the plain rooms, so for this hostel we used a wider range
of brighter colours.
This is the
rooms before the vinyl's where put on and here are the finished vinyl, As of
yet we don't have the photos from them on the wall as they were waiting till
the rooms were free to hang them, but as soon as they send me the photos I'll
stick them up.
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