Visiting at Alan and Yvonne's home in Zurich was everything we had hoped for (and more!). We were unfortunately never able to meet Yvonne, who was out of the country, but Alan made up for her absence by being a very warm, extremely helpful, and very entertaining host. As an example of his helpfulness, I needed to locate and purchase some rather specialized electronic supplies (on a Saturday, no less) to facilitate a small repair of an instrument which I was going to demonstrate in a workshop early the following week. Alan not only stayed up late Friday evening trying to understand exactly what the parts were so that he could determine the appropriate store, but then insisted on going to that store himself on Saturday to make the purchase, so that me and my wife would have the entire day free for sightseeing in Zurich.

Their home was really lovely, the breakfast he provided was really great (including the conversation about a whole host of topics!) and the walk to the historic center of Zurich was very easy. Together with the recommendations for what to see, where to eat, and discussions about what it is like to live and work in Zurich, we cannot recommend Alan and Yvonne's home too highly as a place to stay when visiting Zurich.