So, I went, and now am back. Thanks for all the suggestions. I had a blast and learned a lot (my primary reason for being there was studying in the museums for a hobby I have).
I did manage to get to visit Wagner Tabak Lädeli in Zurich. A nice gentleman was working, and I bought a house blend of latakia that is actually quite good (mixture 499 for those taking notes). I found another good pipe shop in Dijon where I bought a Pipe of the Year from Chacom. I bought a couple Davidoff mixes while in Switzerland, and another house blend in Dijon, although I think it's identical to 965.
My route was actually Germany, south along the romantic road, Zurich and Basel, then into France, hitting Dijon and Paris.
There was something incredible about smoking along the Rothenburg wall in the middle of the night and wandering the empty streets, definitely a highlight.
I was the only pipe smoker I saw actually smoking, but everyone was very smoker friendly where I went, the cafes in Paris were fine with me lighting up, I could lunt wherever with no dirty looks, it was very freeing. In France, it was a curiosity it seemed, especially in Paris, I was approached multiple times by curious young people wondering about the benefits of smoking a pipe over the endless cigarettes they were enjoying.
My travel pack was my Nording Signature (my go to travel pipe) and a Kirsten with a meerschaum bowl. A bag of pipe cleaners, one pipe nail, and one pipe tool, packed in a hard sided small humidor. I only brought Dunhill's Early Morning Pipe with me, as I hoped (and thankfully was right) that I would run across some other tobacco.