Zurich layover... Skiing the Swiss Alps!

I am back from Zurich, and it was a good trip. The first officer was from Mexico, and the flight attendants were from Australia (Malaysian born), China, India, Romania and Morocco. The first officer had a girlfriend in Germany so he disappeared for the trip, the Romanian f/a had a brother who lived 1 hour out of Zurich so he disappeared and the Moroccan slept for 3 days. The first day after a bit of a sleep I and the 3 remaining flight attendants went into Zurich for a look around. The weather was sunny but cold. We walked from the train station to Lake Zurich and along the lake. Many people were out (Sunday) enjoying the clear day.
The next day I talked them into joining me at Laax (www2.laax.com/go/en/) to go skiing. None of them ski but they had a great time. The European Snowboard Championships were on, so they stayed at a bar half way up the mountain call Crap Sogan Goin (everything was called Crap!) surrounded by young snowboarders, the flight attendants were happy. The skiing was great but they only had about 80 cm (31”) of snow at the Summit (3000 metres/10,000 feet). After the day on the mountain we returned for some much needed sleep at the hotel. The next day it was forecast to rain so we decided to go to Lucerne (www.luzern.org/001zch_00_en.htm). It is an historical town with many beautiful old churches, bridges, buildings and "The dying Lion of Lucerne". They say it is one of the world's most famous monuments. It was carved out of natural rock in memory of the heroic deaths of the Swiss mercenaries at the Tuileries in 1792. Mark Twain described the Lion of Lucerne as "the saddest and most moving piece of rock in the world". After a cold and wet day we returned to the hotel. The next day it was time to return to Doha.
When we arrived in Doha it was pouring down rain. When it rains in Doha everything floods, because there is no storm water drainage system. There has been 165 reported accidents (according to the paper yesterday) - the roads are dangerous here! Today I am off to a bbq for one of the Mexican first officers birthday (we have about 6 on them here…all very good guys). Tomorrow I am flying a Bombay India return flight.