We’ve arrived in Zürich, where I have the good fortune to spend a year-long sabbatical at the Center for Digital Health Interventions at ETH Zürich. Andy is attending the Zürich International School and Pam is planning many explorations.
I arrived a few days ago, to splendid late-summer weather. Although I’ve not yet had time to explore the city, I have thoroughly enjoyed my daily walk to the office from our temporary flat. It follows quiet streets at the edge of the old center of Zürich, passing schools and childcare centers bubbling with children in the morning, and sidewalk cafes burbling with adults enjoying an evening Bier in the late-afternoon sunlight. It passes by a home where Johannes Brahms once made music, and the university hospital. It passes homes dating to the 17th century, far older than Dartmouth or Hanover. It passes buildings where a student named Einstein once took classes and a chemistry building that wrought seven Nobel Laureates before it was repurposed for the department of Computer Science. It passes busy students bicycling to class and aromatic bakeries tempting me with their wares. It passes an overlook where the university cafeteria looks out across the church spires of the city center to the lake and hills beyond. [Gallery]
I can tell I’m going to really like this place…
David Kotz 
Dear David,
I enjoyed reading your posts.
Could you elaborate a bit more about the arrangements you made and how the family adapted to life in Zürich? I am also thinking about such a sabbatical with my family. I’m mainly thinking about the schools for the kids….
Keep enjoying and stay safe from corona….🌷
Assa,
Thanks for the comment. Please contact me by email and we can confer offline.