Chris and Agata arrived in their land rover tomb raider and it was great to finally meet up after sending emails backwards and forwards for so long. Zurich seemed nice enough from what little I saw of it.

I followed them back to their lovely flat and they looked after me extremely well during the couple of days I stayed with them. Chris is an English guy, married to Agata, who is Polish, and they have both worked in Zurich for the last few years. It was lovely to have somewhere welcoming to stay.

I caught up on some much needed sleep and spent most of my time chuckling over the fact that every Swiss building or house must by law have access to or include its own nuclear bunker. Coming from Hackney that couldn't keep it's streets clean or offer basic council services like a noise control officer it all seemed a bit excessive. Take the Zu off the front of Zurich and it gives you a good idea of what the place is like...