Apartment B

We have accepted Apartment B, which turns out to be 10 mins by fast train to Zürich central (20 mins on other trains) on the west side of Lake Zürich.

At the last minute, our RO came up with this place, which is a 3-bedder, situated very close to three types of school.

'Three?' You may well ask. 'What are they? Education freaks?'

Let's just say that three is is a good number. You see, after DH and I had finally decided we were destined for Apartment A, we discovered that in order for DD to attend the local school which was 4 minutes' walk away, she would first need to attend Kleinklasse E - what we'd refer to as an IEC school - for 6 months to a year (3 years max), in order to get her German up to speed.

Which was all fine, except that we were under the impression that these Kleinklasse E schools were just a part of every school but a separate class. We were wrong.

So even though we discovered a Kleinklasse E five minutes away in from Apartment A, DD would have had to attend school in a different town again. This would have meant a bus, then a train, and then possibly a bit of a walk or another bus.

And don't forget: they come home at lunchtime!

Can you imagine how my day would look? How would I get DS to kindy and back? How would I find time to buy rice in bulk for DH? How would I find time to blog?

Happily, there is an E Class nearby Apartment B, as well as a local 'regular' school, and a kindy. Plus it's a nice apartment and it has... its own washing-machine!

Ah, the things that sway one's decisions these days...