Fans of modern apartment buildings will love Christine’s apartment as it is one of very few modern apartment buildings within a 5-minute stroll of the Zurich train station. As can be expected of a modern city apartment building, it comes equipped with an elevator (very useful when you have luggage--and which traveler doesn’t have them? :-p), and the apartment itself has a comfortable, big balcony, heated flooring, and a fully equipped (it even comes with a dishwashing machine) kitchen conveniently stocked with coffee, cooking oil, condiments and a few other handy ingredients for the traveler who prefers to eat in for breakfast and occasionally make dinner). Not that this part of Zurich is lacking for dining choices—apart from the established Thai and Die Grüne Libanon takeaways a block away in the direction of the Zurich train station, we discovered a newly-opened Vietnamese restaurant around the corner, Pho Na, that serves what is probably the best pho noodle soup in Switzerland as well as excellent fresh spring rolls.

All in all, this apartment, with its unbeatable location, modern comforts and city-living convenience is an excellent find that I consider my home away from home in Zurich.