Sunday, September 04, 2011

The high quality of life in Zurich

You hear all the time that Zurich has one of the highest quality of life ratings in the world.

But what does this mean?

I figured this out a couple weeks ago.

It was one of those boiling hot days when sitting in the office was almost unbearable. So about 11:45, I went to Seebad Utoquai and spent an entire hour swimming in Lake Zurich. While there, I ran into five other work colleagues.

"Do you come here often?" I asked, as I joined them on the deck for a few minutes after my swim.

"Every day," they replied.

Now that's what I call a great quality of life.

4 comments:

Pat said...

High quality in life indeed...a daily swim... just what the doctor ordered for job burn out. Not to mention the high quality of Swiss drinking water.

Chantal said...

And I love how on the city website you can find out the exact water temperature at each lake spot location or swimming pool!

Hattie said...

Yes, and I think people are enjoying life more than they did when I lived there.

Chantal said...

Based on all the people at the lake this evening, I'd say that was true!

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