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Morning meeting then off to airport for Zurich. Pass an unexpected sign near the boarding gate.

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An uneventful flight. Upon landing it’s the usual quick train into town. An old rocker sits opposite.

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That evening we return to Langstrasse. A “relative” local (he’s been here 5 years) meets up with us, pointing out that, actually, we’re in the seedy part of the street and if we walk another 200 metres, we move to the arty side. Hence my previously held belief that Langstrasse wasn’t than “Lang” proves unfounded. True to his word, we are then transported to something akin to the West end of Glasgow. Unfortunately, our friend has already eaten and we haven’t. So it’s leftover bar food. Quiche for me. Some crisps to follow. Not good.

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Lam

IMG00223-20100826-2106Last night in Zurich for a couple of weeks. My erstwhile colleague and I are undecided on whether to eat in or …. we eat out.

It’s a balmy night. We walk and stop at the “notorious”* Langstrasse. It’s neither Long or indicatively notorious.

We stop at a bar and have a beer. The jukebox has a lot of Zucchero.

Wandering back, it’s after 8PM and the street does come alive … with the most overt selling of bodies I think I’ve seen outside Thailand. Just off Langstrassewe find Brasserie Lam.

Selected my me as it (unusually for this part of the world) highlights the vegetarian food.

As we eat, lots of “business” appears to be going on back on the main drag. It’s quite at odds, with what is a very up market eaterie.

 

*It is notorious as Zurich’s red light district, with a soaring crime rate, drug dealing and brothels. It is also the most overtly multicultural spot in Zurich, with a rate of 42% foreign residents, among the highest in Zurich

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