What the What?

The following surreal moment is based on a true story that happened while returning to my hotel from a restaurant in Zurich.

Picture, if you will, walking thru a back street in a European town.
It is dark and stormy.

You hear operatic singing in the distance.
You keep walking, and see a light glowing in a park.

You go to investigate, as one does.
The singing gets louder - there is a violin playing.

As you get closer still you see a 20-something girl walking around
She is singing opera while constructing a green-house looking structure

The violin player plays on from the darkness.

The girl sings and constructs.

She stops.
Spoken word springs forth from the structure.

More lights come on.

It is all bright and weird.

Culture shock ensues.

Makes me question exactly what was put into my Hooters burger.

When In Zurich, Eat as the Zurichians Do.

They say that when one is traveling in foreign countries, one way to absorb the local culture is to eat the foods that the locals eat.

I am currently in Zurich Switzerland for work.  It is supper time and I got a little peckish, so I looked on Google Maps to see what was available on a Sunday night around my hotel, and picked a restaurant that we don't have in the town I live in.

Hooters!

If it helps, my burger did have Swiss cheese on it.

Interestingly enough Google Maps describes the place as "Chain grill known for wings and waitresses."   Really good description, I must say.

Also, tasty burgers.

Ain't cultural exchanges wonderful?