Sneak Peek!

As most of you know Jenny just got back from a 10 day trip in Zurich. She was there to get started in her new role at the Dow site in Horgen, but most importantly she was able to do quite a bit of apartment hunting. After touring several models and styles she found this "town home" in a village called Richterswil (pronounced Rickters-ville.) After sending me several pictures and videos of it, and after discussing it in detail over the phone for several days we decided to put in an application. And great news - today we were accepted. So here is our new place in Switzerland. (Still can't get used to saying that.)

Now I'm going with Jenny's description here (I haven't seen the place in person yet) but what I can gather the town home is in a cluster of other town homes that are all connected on a slope. So the whole complex is a multi-level group of small town homes. All the garages are below and then we ride an elevator to the 2nd floor where our place is. There are 4 bedrooms and 2 baths. We also have 3 floors evidently, with the bedrooms on the 1st floor, the kitchen and dining room on the 2nd floor, and then another living room on the 3rd floor. Best of all we also have 2 balconies with great views of Lake Zurich and the alps. That alone was one of our main reasons for being so interested in the place. We figured if we're going all that way to Switzerland it would be great for the kids to have a great view of the alps and the lake. Also, a lot of the apartments are very modern looking, and they feel like an office complex. We liked this town home because it felt more like a real house.

Anyway, here are some pictures and video that Jenny sent me. In the picture that looks out onto the lake there is also a small village in front of us with some shops that we can walk to. So that will be cool. When we eventually get there I'll show everyone in better detail the layout of the house. But for now we are very excited. Can't wait to see those views.