Back home, it’s not uncommon to know people who lived most of their lives in other countries, but in any group of people, most probably don’t fit that description. I’m slowly realizing that’s not always the case here. Though most people I’ve met outside of work are of Swiss descent, there always seems to be a sizeable faction of people who are “international”. At most parties, shows, or clubs I go to, there’s usually at least one person I talk to who either didn’t spend most of their life in Switzerland, or has hopped around a fair amount. I think it might have to do with the laws on travel and working being much more lax.

I guess that’s the exasperated way of saying…

Last night I went to this club called Alte Börse, and I was hanging out with Alex, my roommate’s boyfriend who is Swiss. Alex introduced me to two girls who were Irish; one of the girls lived in Kenya for much of her life, and has been in Zurich for 5 years, and the other lived in Great Britain for most of her life. We talked with two boys who were Dutch and Spanish. The Dutch said he spends his vacations in Brazil kite boarding.

All we needed was someone from Australia, and a penguin, and we practically would have had a representitive from each continent.