Switzerland - Happy Time

Hey folks, I'm delighted to inform you that I had a perfectly lovely time today. I worked late on an assignment for Luxist, and it's past 1:30 AM here, so we're gonna do this bullet-style:

What I did today in Zurich:

• Almost slept through breakfast for a second time, but miraculously and magically managed to awaken for some very buttery eggs. I liked the buttery eggs. Bring it. 
• Went on a walking tour of the historic areas of Zurich, where I learned all sorts of strange things and drank out of a lot of public fountains, which is safe. Not "drinking fountains" per se, either. Decorative fountains. Also notable: you can swim in the river and in the lake with your mouth open here and supposedly not die. Everything I thought I knew is ruined.
• Visited Peclard, the best coffee shop I have ever been to ever ever ever cupcakes and velvet and sparkly things and ever.
• Ate lunch by the lake at Lake Side -- a traditional meal of zueri gschnaetzlets (veal and pasta with mushroom sauce). I never order veal, as it makes me feel guilty, but if you put it in front of me ... I'm not made of stone. It was delicious. The dressing on the appetizer salad was good and one of the journalists asked what was in it, and the woman BLATANTLY LIED to her, citing honey and ginger (neither of which we tasted). We weren't mad or anything, we found it hilarious and spent much of the rest of the meal making up ingredients like "leg of Smurf."
• Boat ride! The public transport ticket entitles you to all forms of public transit, including boats. I like boat rides.
• The group parted ways and I headed to the university area to see what the kids are up to. I got to ride the Polybahn which is like a trolley on a rollercoaster track that goes very slow and takes you up the mountainside (to the university). It was really fun. You can ride on the front and play "King of the World." If you're a douche. Gross, did I just say that? Annie, language. <slap>
• Found a cool cafe serving Malaysian curry, photographed the bejeebus out of it.
• Went to the Watch and Clock Museum to geek out. I was disappointed with the dearth of English information available (pretty much none for the individual pieces), but I still had fun, as I love love LOVE clockwork. The pocketwatch above tickled me greatly. He looks so surprised. I shall call him Jules Verne.
• Had a glass of wine at The Savoy. Like ya do.
• Met with the local tourism representative who took us up into the "Top of Zurich" (highest mountaintop), which is a 20-minute train ride. Upon getting there, we walked 10 minutes to a perfectly charming restaurant with decent food and what I'm told is the greatest view in the galaxy ... but unfortunately, it rained all day, yet again. The fog was so thick that the wall-to-wall windows of the restaurant looked as though shades had been drawn.
• While up there, I alone climbed to the top of the tower at the Top of Zurich. Why? Because Danger is my middle name. From the top, I couldn't see anything but fog, but due to weird acoustics, I could hear everyone talking at a normal level below. I shouted down, but no one could hear me. Or maybe they ignored me and are basterts.
• We took the train back down into town and decided to save a night of drinks and gazing at the skyline for a clearer evening (hopefully tomorrow). Our usual train was under construction, we tried to walk home, we got lost (except for me, I was never lost, shut up), and then our train miraculously arrived at the wrong place (due to construction) where we were (due to the poor education system ... or perhaps stupidity). 
• Home. Writing. This. 

And now bed.