Globetrotter

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From fondue to asado
Marlen Müller made the very most of a brief break from her internship to travel into the Argentine Alps. The only things missing compared to their European counterparts were the well-signposted trails and accurate bus timetables. Marlen Müller, 23.12.11
Strike on campus
It was with mixed feelings that Christian Monstein travelled to the troubled country of Kenya in order to get another “Callisto” radio measuring instrument up and running to measure solar radiation. His fears would prove well founded. Christian Monstein, 09.12.11
No mate, nothing doing
During her internship in Argentina, ETH-Zurich student Marlen Müller encounters the national drink: mate tea. Its preparation is a science in itself and encourages social exchange. Marlen Müller, 02.12.11
First steps in «Schwiizerdüütsch»
Heather Kirk has left her Canadian homeland for a research stay at ETH Zurich. As a globetrotter, she describes her life in Zurich and what particularly impressed her about Switzerland and the Swiss. Heather Kirk, 25.11.11
An eventful antenna installation in Cairo
Christian Monstein has been on a fresh “Calisto” mission. The electrical engineer from the Institute of Astronomy has got another radio measurement device up and running in Egypt for the purpose of measuring solar activity. Christian Monstein, 18.11.11
China, here I come …
ETH-Zurich student Leonardo Schneider is currently doing an industrial internship in China. The budding mechanical engineer reports on the trials and tribulations of everyday Chinese life and (to him) incomprehensible bus timetables. Leonardo Schneider, 14.10.11
Japan’s particularities
Not always easy: Japan has numerous behavioural norms and customs that western visitors or companies are not familiar with. Globetrotter Thomas Geissmann describes how he experienced them during his exchange semester – sometimes with a chuckle, sometimes astonishment. Thomas Geissmann, 09.09.11
How The Beatles got their mop-tops
ETH-Zurich student Julia Moser’s internship at Airbus in Hamburg is drawing to a close. She reflects on how the Beatles got their mop-tops, a pilot did his airline a disservice and why the Germans and the Swiss are so different and yet so similar. Julia Moser, 26.08.11
Necessity is the mother of invention for the citizens of Tokyo
ETH-Zurich student Thomas Geissmann is experiencing first hand how Japan is learning to live with less power after the nuclear disaster in Fukushima and elevating energy conservation to a virtue in the process. And how the radioactive contamination of food concerns the Japanese. Thomas Geissmann, 19.08.11
Hamburg’s new, expensive landmark
Mechanical engineering student from ETH Zurich Julia Moser is currently doing an industrial internship at Airbus in Hamburg – and experiencing first hand how the city is building a new, controversial and expensive landmark: the Elbphilharmonie. Julia Moser, 12.08.11
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