Welcome to Switzerland

Zurich is in the central northern part of Switzerland, well nestled in the German section. I'm told it's about 20km from Germany, so we'll have to pop over the border for lunch some time!

A beginners guide to Europe

For those of you who aren't quite sure where Switzerland is, here's a map. Switzerland is the orange blob wedged between France, Germany, Italy and Austria. Slovakia is also on the map - a mere 700kms from Switzerland!

Big changes are afoot

While amidst the piles of paper, hours in front of the computer and endless drafting and redrafting of a PhD thesis, Martin was offered a post-doc in Zurich, Switzerland. Of course, I'll be going too! It's now three weeks since we found out, and I've been sending my CV out to potential post-doc supervisors in Zurich. I've got an interview over the phone tomorrow, which hopefully will lead to something concrete and relieve me of the constant low-level anxiety I've been feeling since we found out that Zurich would be our next home. It's all very exciting, and just a little scary!