May 01 2009

Zürich, Switzerland for the summer (housing? DebConf?)

Category: Summer of Code, debian — Obey Arthur Liu @ 7:03 pm

Zürich Google Earth

I got a summer internship at Google in Zürich, Switzerland, so I’ll be moving there this summer. Any DD working there ?

I already went to Zürich once last year and it was quite a cool place. I briefly met Cate and I know that there are other DDs there (hi Madduck!). I look forward to meeting more of you.

Now there are two issues I’d like help with, dear Züricher Lazyweb, housing and flight to DebConf.

Can I haz apartment

Looking for an apartment in Zürich seems very very very hard.. So far I only found a few apartment/hotel geared towards rich expats staying for few months (the kind like Citadines). It’s ungodly expensive (like 2200+ CHF a month for one room), but sure available and well placed..

Here’s what I need:

  • from beginning of June to end of August (I have a friend willing to let me crash in so middle of June is okay)
  • either one room (for myself) or up to 2 or 3 (I’d be flatsharing then)
  • about or less than ~1500 CHF for one room, or less than ~2000 CHF for two and ~3000 CHF for three, you got the idea
  • reasonably close transport-wise from Enge, 20-30 minutes by public transport or, even better bike, would be cool

I don’t have much more criterias, as long as I can find something. We’re about a few dozens Google interns all (desperately) looking for accomodation in Zürich. We’re all good neighbours, don’t party all night and all have very good references. Please contact me if you \<know someone who\>* know something, I’d be very grateful.

Can I haz DebConf

I’m going to DebConf this year in Spain, along with all the Google Summer of Code students who can make it. I’m going to reserve my flight in the next few days. I think I’ll only go to DebConf proper, arriving on the 23rd and leaving on the 31st of July.

  • Here’s my tentative travel plan:
    • Swissair flight 2026, 23rd July, Zürich 12:25 – Madrid 14:45
    • Renfe train, 23rd July, Madrid 16:40 – Cáceres 20:02
    • DebConf!
    • Renfe train, 31st July, Cáceres 5:08 – Madrid 9:43
  • Either:
    • Visit Madrid
    • Swissair flight 2033, 2nd August, Madrid 19:45 – Zürich 21:55
  • Or:
    • Air France flight 1301, 31st July, Madrid 12:40 – Paris 14:45
    • Visit home
    • SNCF train TGV Lyria 9217, 2nd August, Paris 17:54 – Zürich 22:26

I’m not decided yet on the last point.

So, any of you coming to DebConf from Zürich ?