Zürich

Zürich was an add-on to our plan, so we hadn't really researched it much. I knew about its neutral status yet it was bombed during WOrld War II, and our hotel was right by the side of the big National Museum, so I could have checked it out further. Allied and Axis planes used to use it as a safe route back and forth because the Swiss Air Force wouldn't enforce their own air space.  

For us, after two days of travel (car then plane) we decided that we'd be better off to head for the hotel and conserve energy for the 'proper' start of our tour the next day. 

We had an unusually shaped room by the side of the train station and a convenient bakery, which we could reach in about one minute, by taking the most direct route. Then, after breakfast the next day, it was easy to find our platform and to hop the train to our first planned stop. Lucerne.