We arrived in Iceland at 6:30 a.m. for a 7:20 a.m. connection to Zürich. Luckily, passport control at Keflavík airport is very efficient and we all made it to Zürich without incident. Wolfgang Kickmaier from ZHAW (as I learned later, the locals pronounce this like "tset-ah-vay") met us at the airport and we took a train to Winterthur, our base for the trip.
Unfortunately, we arrived at the hostel at 2:30 p.m. only to discover that check-in started at 4 p.m. Wolfgang generously bought us all snacks and the receptionist let us check in early after 45 minutes. After everyone got settled, we met up with Wolfgang again for a walk around the Altstadt (old town) and a pizza dinner.
The restaurant had lots of interesting pizza options including a vegan pizza with chickpeas, which I ordered.
After dinner, the group split up. A few went back to the hostel to play Frisbee, while the rest of us explored the town a bit more and sampled local specialties. Most of us were asleep pretty early, exhausted after a long day.
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Davis E.
