“Wow, this is a really interesting car park!” It’s the sort of thing I think you’re supposed to say when otherwise engaged with recreational narcotics, but I heard myself uttering this unlikely phrase last Saturday in Konstanz, just over the border in Germany. It’s a fine town, and popular with Swiss residents who fancy a break from their own, pricey, restricted shops.… READ MORE.... …
Month: November 2010
And how rapidly the unfamiliar becomes almost normal. We probably won’t feel in reach of true settledness until we move into our permanent apartment in Horgen in January, but nevertheless, despite being here in Zurich for only 10 days, already we seem to have found, or created for ourselves, a surprisingly comfortable groove. That said, we are leading quite different lives from each other.… READ MORE.... …
Someone asked me today how my German was getting on. Here is the answer: This evening, at the end of my long commute back to Zurich, I called in at a Shell station to fill up with petrol. Despite the 5 empty spots available, I waited until I could fill up at pump number 1, 2, or 3, as otherwise, I wouldn’t have known what to say if I was asked which one I’d used.… READ MORE.... …
We’re here, in Zurich. One of my new-start resolutions is to post quick and short messages here, rather than always feel the need to write epic entries — a bad habit that gradually appeared a couple of years ago. I would rather write more frequent messages than agonise over spinning out some dense, meandering narrative. We left England yesterday morning at 8:30.… READ MORE.... …