Today is Zürich’s Street Parade!
The very famous whole-city open-air day-time techno party attracts hundreds of thousands of young and not-so-young people from Europe and all over the world. And I was in Zürich, so I had to take a look. Read the rest of this entry »
Swiss National Day, and my first tourist visit to a city out of Zürich since I arrived. Just an our away from Zürich by train, this city by a beautiful lake has a small old town with buildings with frescoed walls, medieval wooden bridges, and a solid stone wall. Read the rest of this entry »
Dimecres passat va ser el primer sopar dels joves del casal català de Zürich des de que sóc aquí i tinc prou temps lliure per ocupar-me d’aquestes coses. I és clar, vaig anar-hi. Una gent molt maca. Una gran majoria havien vingut a Suïssa seguint el nòvio o la nòvia. Sóc raro per tenir una altra història? El temps i l’hivern dirà si la feina és una bona raó per venir aquí. De moment s’anuncia un espectacle de castellers a a Bürkliplatz el setembre –ja penjaré la notícia quan en tingui els detalls– i un nou local del casal al costat del llac. Potser la propera trobada no serà un sopar sinó una banyada? Hi seguiré en contacte.
All these posts talking about my flat my flat my flat. So where is it? I took a train to the top of the Uetliberg and took this picture to show you.
My new flat is little by little becoming a real flat, with a bed, dining table, dishes, towels, … And people. After a record Ikea furniture mounting spree –the bed absolutely had to be ready for that night’s sleep!–, this weekend I have received my first guest, Vera. She has been travelling a lot in south-east Asia, and lately she’s been a bit in Europe. Don’t miss her wonderful blog Luzhou Express! Read the rest of this entry »
Sorry, after so many weeks of blogging from misconfigured, outdated, user-unfriendly, Internet cafés, I’m so happy of being able to use my own computer that I couldn’t resist posting some more pictures.
I’ve got a flat! Yes, after some weeks of search –and, it appears, quite sooner than I should have expected for Zürich– I’ve found a beautiful flat near the lake. It was a bit daunting at the beginning, such an empty space! But I feel a certainly childish thrill at the prospect of filling all this up. Perhaps it’s the idea of changing a dead space into a home? But I’m being silly. While I wait for the furniture to arrive, enjoy the view of my flat messy full of boxes from Barcelona.
I’ve spent the last few days visiting the city. Getting to know each neighborhood, to decide where I want to live. Knowing where the important shops are. The nice areas to have a walk.
I’ve discovered a couple of funny things of this city. First, there are sheep in it. No, not people, real sheep! Look at the picture. This was not in the countryside near Zürich. It was in a park inside the city, near Irchel. I promise!
Second, in the banking district there is a branch of UBS bank with hundreds of screens in the windows, displaying share prices and stockmarket graphs, and passers-by, going back home from work in the evening, check them. Is that just a publicity stunt by UBS, or are people really checking their finances? I’ll have to ask. Read the rest of this entry »
My last post wasn’t very inspired, sorry. I was quite tired after my first week settling down here, and also, as you have guessed, the post was just an excuse to show you some pictures of this place. Being tired, I decided I would use Sunday to sleep as much as possible –after all, everything is closed here on Sunday, so there’s nothing to do, right? Right? Well, at 09:00 Sunday an enormous noise woke me up. Church bells tolling everywhere! I didn’t expect this to happen here. But since I had gone to sleep so late, it wasn’t time to wake up yet. So back to sleep, after five minutes of bells. Then, at 12:00, there come the bells again! This can’t be, I thought Switzerland was the country of peace and quiet. Can’t you have a good day’s rest on a Sunday? Well, too bad, time to wake up. Then… I noticed we were having a wonderful weather! So there was something to do this Sunday after all. I went to the lake, and spent a lot of time sunbathing and reading. The weather was as good as at home! I hope we’ll have such a clear sky next weekend.
I’m there! Finally! After much preparation and some wonderful holidays in Barcelona, I arrived at Zürich last Tuesday. Since I won’t start working until June, I have a few weeks of vacation, which I’m using to get to know the city, find a flat, and do some paperwork. I’ve finally found the time to update my blog and so let all my friends know about the beginning of my Swiss life. First things first: this is the first picture I took: A swan enjoying the good weather in Zürich lake. Read the rest of this entry »