Hanging with the Meetuppers

We joined two different meetup groups. The New in Zurich group and the American Expatriate group. This past Wednesday we met up with the New in Zurich group at a bar in the Oerlikon area. The bar was a converted industrial warehouse with cranes and boilers and other manufacturing equipment still strewn about. The decor was best described as crome Ikea and the panels behind the bottles slowly changed color.

The meetup group was a nice bunch. A girl from Fresno, who's doing some type of executive assistance job while trying to get her swiss citizenship (One of her parents is Swiss). Another girl, who once lived in LA, but has been travelling the world for a while and moved here with her boyfriend who owns a travel company. There was an Irish IT consultant, who drank (no stereotyping or joking here) 5 double Jamesons without it seeming to effect him at all. It was a diverse group and it was a lot of fun to hang with them.

There has been a bit more rain lately, but I still got out to hike at least, and I've kept up with my exercises all week. While exploring the restaurants on the Zagat list, I came across Rive Gauche, where the bar has over 100 single malt whiskies. Sadly their selection seems to be underappreciated as the Swiss businessmen who came in to the bar only seemed to order wine or gin and tonics. I tried the Strathisla 1960, which was pretty good with mild overtones of malt and rich fruits.