Glacier Express - If you are on short visit

If you are on short visit and do not mind spending a bit more money to see the best of Switzerland, try the Glacier Express.

Fribourg - the student city (story to follow)

Do I need a car?

The answer is no, not really. Unless you have a family of 5 or live in some extremely remote area, it's a necessity to have a car in Switzerland. It's been close to one year since we first arrived here, and we've been depending on public transport all this while. The reliability and efficiency of the system is superb. I don't know any other countries that come close to Switzerland, perhaps the Scandinavian. The only drawback I can think of is that majority of the trains are the old design with floor high above the ground and for parents with stroller, it's a quite a task to lift it in. As for wheelchair bound people, it's interesting ... major train stations usually have a special wheelchair lifter.

Zurich from bird's eyes (story to follow)