ETH Life - Globetrotter

The observer observed

2012-04-27T03:00:00Z

After a change of location, Sonja Hassold is in for the first «real» week in the jungle in search of palisander and rosewood in the Madagascan jungle. But it’s not just the dense undergrowth that makes life tough for the ETH doctoral student. [27.04.12]

On a collecting expedition in Masoala National Park

2012-04-13T03:00:00Z

Sonja Hassold has been collecting samples of precious wood in Masoala National Park in north-eastern Madagascar for her doctoral thesis. The globetrotter reports on her experiences "out in the field" in ETH Life. [13.04.12]

From fondue to asado

2011-12-23T04:00:00Z

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. [23.12.11]

Strike on campus

2011-12-09T04:00:00Z

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. [09.12.11]

No mate, nothing doing

2011-12-02T04:00:00Z

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. [02.12.11]

First steps in «Schwiizerdüütsch»

2011-11-25T04:00:00Z

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. [25.11.11]

An eventful antenna installation in Cairo

2011-11-18T04:00:00Z

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. [18.11.11]

China, here I come …

2011-10-14T03:00:00Z

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. [14.10.11]

Japan’s particularities

2011-09-09T03:00:00Z

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. [09.09.11]

How The Beatles got their mop-tops

2011-08-26T03:00:00Z

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. [26.08.11]