Zurich
After visiting the capital of Switzerland, it was time for the its biggest city, which is obviously Zurich. There is a thing, a weird thing that has seemed completely odd to me till now. Its about the countries whose capital is not their biggest cities. Or in other words, in those countries there are some cities bigger than the capital. Examples to these would be: Istanbul (Turkey), Zurich (Switzerland), Toronto (Canada), New York (USA), Sydney (Australia)… I can’t help wondering the reason beyond these facts/secrets…
Actually I do know about Turkey, since it is my country, it is where I belong. In former times, when there was no Republic of Turkey, when the Ottoman Empire was still alive, Istanbul was the capital. It has a great strategic location, and it was a very nice city. Nobody could complain about Istanbul being the capital. However, after the first World War, the founder of the Turkish Republic, the father of Turks moved the capital to Ankara because of some military and geographical issues. Because Ankara is situated almost right in the center of Anatolia.
But I still wonder about the other countries and capitals, well, if someone of you knows about, please let me know in some way.
After I stayed couple of hours in Bern, I came to Zurich. Of course by train, using my Interrail ticket. I took the subway and went to Uster to meet my host. We went to the flat, I got rid of my clothes, we had some chat and then we both went out. He had some meeting with his colleagues, so we had to seperate. I had to discover that city again on my own. But he gave me some tips and told the places that I should visit.
I did what he said. It started raining, I had nothing to put on and I had to protect the map he gave me from water. It was kinda hard to succeed. I tried.
As some of my friends told me before, there is nothing much to see in Zurich. I had seen lots of nice and expensive shops, malls, the famous Swiss banks. It was getting dark and it was rainy. Every minute, the population of the crowd outside was decreasing. And I decided to go back to the flat. Normally, I am really bad with the sense of direction, but since I started traveling alone, I guess it also developed automatically. So I could easily find my way back. And I think, if I go there now, I can still find his place.
That night we had some Swiss beer in some strange bottle. They have small glass bottles for beer, maybe just for that one but still, it is nothing that I am familiar with… I checked my emails from his computer. Later I went to sleep on my comfortable couch. Tomorrow morning, we had some nice breakfast and we said goodbye to each other. I left for Liechtenstein, a country with a population of 30,000. Thank you Lukas…
Buyruk Alparslan - September 07 - Balikesir / Turkey
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