Jessi and I returned to Zürich on Sunday evening because I had to get back to work. However, on Monday I was able to take the afternoon off so that we could do some Zürich-y things together.
Jessi met me at my office so that I could show her around ETH.
From there, we had tea at the Sprüngli cafe, which is really the place to see and be seen in Zürich, right on the expensive shopping street. Apparently we did a good job of being seen, as an older German gentleman commenced to have a 45-minute conversation with us.
We finished off our afternoon with an Irish-Roman ritual at the Thermalbad and Spa in Zürich, which just so happened to be down the street from the Google Zürich office where Brian was working the week before! I had won two gift certificates for this spa for a research talk that I had given at a conference late this spring, and so I thought that it would be fun to go with Jessi. We had fun trying to figure out what we were supposed to do- the German that I have learned thus far definitely has not extended into spa lingo. However, we made it through all of the stations and (mostly) followed the rules. I really don't like steam room, though. I feel like I can't breathe in them. But we were relaxed and exfoliated and sufficiently water-logged by the time we finished our ritual. I felt so Zürich-y between the afternoon tea at Sprüngli and also an afternoon spa visit!
That evening we came back to my flat and made pizza with copious amounts of basil from my little balcony garden. I love cooking with basil! And visits from friends!
Jessi met me at my office so that I could show her around ETH.
From there, we had tea at the Sprüngli cafe, which is really the place to see and be seen in Zürich, right on the expensive shopping street. Apparently we did a good job of being seen, as an older German gentleman commenced to have a 45-minute conversation with us.
We finished off our afternoon with an Irish-Roman ritual at the Thermalbad and Spa in Zürich, which just so happened to be down the street from the Google Zürich office where Brian was working the week before! I had won two gift certificates for this spa for a research talk that I had given at a conference late this spring, and so I thought that it would be fun to go with Jessi. We had fun trying to figure out what we were supposed to do- the German that I have learned thus far definitely has not extended into spa lingo. However, we made it through all of the stations and (mostly) followed the rules. I really don't like steam room, though. I feel like I can't breathe in them. But we were relaxed and exfoliated and sufficiently water-logged by the time we finished our ritual. I felt so Zürich-y between the afternoon tea at Sprüngli and also an afternoon spa visit!
That evening we came back to my flat and made pizza with copious amounts of basil from my little balcony garden. I love cooking with basil! And visits from friends!
