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Album:2008:05-05 Europe Teaching Gig:Zurich
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When Ursi and I weren't travelling to teach Lindy Hop and Blues,
I would stick around in Zurich. Not the most exciting city,
but at least it's clean. ;)
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There's a "cube-a-tron"
in the Zurich train station! ("cube-a-tron" is an art project from Burning Man that rocks - it was amazing to see someone build it in real life (perhaps connected to the Burning Man artists??))
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But what was interesting
is that you could actually control this cube-a-tron
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From a semi-clear touch display,
which is fuzzy here, you could pick patterns to display, games to play, or just draw.
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Such as my initials here.
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At my workspace,
wearing my new Swiss glasses (forgot mine at home!) and drinking my third favorite Ginger Beer: Elephant Ginger Beer (1st is D&G Old Jamaica Ginger Beer, 2nd is Stewarts Ginger Beer)
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My "home/office" for one month,
Ursi's apartment
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I meet old friend Fabienne
(who is now engaged and pregnant!)
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..and she shows me around
nearby Baden
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Since the Swiss are neutral,
they don't have much use for their army, so they make them setup fences. I found that wonderful.
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Zurich has an old city,
which is like Gamla Stan in Stockholm or the Ramblas in Barcelona..
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..except it's overly clean.
I prefer Barcelona. :)
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I saw this silly train
and had to go for a ride, though it ended up shutting down for maintenance right after dropping me off on top of a high part of Zurich.
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..leaving me stranded
with this beautiful view of Zurich.
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The greatest cat owner ever,
put a cat door and balcony in his 2nd floor window, and this cat sized spiral staircase. That totally rocks.
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Looking off towards the construction
over the train station (my place was off in the distance and to the right a bit)
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The silly train (a.k.a. the Polybahn)
running tests while I happily walk down to the bottom.
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Warmup before class.
That's David and Anna in the front.
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After our last blues class,
we setup a "speakeasy" one-night blues party in the dance room behind a nearby restaurant. Ursi is doing lord knows what. :)
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Versace understands the Tao of Steve.
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Ursi's last day
teaching the "Swing Kids" - the level 6 students in Zurich.
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Swing out!
[Video, 4.9M]
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