DS Stadt Zürich
Im a foreigner living and working in Zurich and like AinZ I feel as if I'm a perpetual tourist. One of the great tourist attractions is the sight of the DS Stadt Zurich, or her sister ship Stadt Rapperswil, steaming up the lake towards Bürkliplatz with the alps in the background (rather hazy here unfortunately). This is the first shot I have this year - the ships only run from April to October.
Stadt Zürich has been in service since 1909, although refitted quite a few times, and I guess this sight is pretty much unchanged since then, apart from development along the lakeside. More info on ZSG website
One of the other advantages I have as a resident is that my GA (yearly Swiss travel pass) is valid on these as well as virtually everything else that moves in the country. They are after all just public transport.
For those interested, this was taken with a Canon EOS5D and Zuiko 500mm f8 mirror lens, attached courtesy of an adpater from cameraquest.com
What I mean is...this view of the ship, solid, wide, sedate (not too much bow foam) elegant, precise metal engineering, and firmly sat, marches along.....sound and solid, just like Stadt Zurich itself. (Sorry about the "sat" and the "marching", but you know what I mean!!
The GA is such a wonderful thing. My movements don't warrant a year-long one, but I do get a month-long one every year around this time to see more of CH.
Cheers!
Knowing practically zilch about photography, I just know how a photo makes me feel, and this makes me wish I was there!
Seda