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Old 07-23-2009, 03:13 PM   #1
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Had to do a night in Zurich airport. and if you happen to be in the same situation at any point I highly recommend the star bucks on the ground floor.

The airport is generally brilliant... just not for sleeping, and after much wandering I settled on the couches there..

Just thought I'd fill you in
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Old 07-23-2009, 03:25 PM   #2
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Whoa, caffeine must not get to you then
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haha awesome. I've often used starbucks as a refuge during the day on my travels, there aren't many cafes in europe that are happy for you to relax & read on the couch for an hour, use the bathrooms & leave without buying anything. yay capitalism.
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Starbucks - not just for bricking!

There are very few commercial establishments where you can kill time without buying anything and not have them freak out on you - you gotta love them!
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Oh totally done this before!!! But by accident really, sorta nodded off. Was great!
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Wasnt it crazy the expensive stores in the Zurich airport!!! It felt like a highend shopping mall... Roxy and I had a nice 6 hr nap on some couches there ourselves.... And don't forget that the Starbucks icewater is filtered and FREE
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Bravo MG, Bravo. It's keeping it at the level of a ghetto backpacker, yet still somewhat sophisticated and respectable.
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God bless Starbucks.

During a 6 week climbing trip to The Chief in Squamish it started to rain...a lot. Rather than spend a depressing day confined to our tents, we decided to head into town and see what we could find to amuse ourselves. The result - 5 hours in the Squamish Starbucks playing cards and planning our next climbing adventures. We only bought 3 coffees between us. The staff never said a thing.

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