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ESCZ

The English Speaking Club of Zurich

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British, American, Scandina-vian, Asian, Swiss, Expats, etc. - everybody is welcome.

(Ir)regular Meeting Place

Our regular meeting takes place every last Tuesday of the month at different places at the moment (mostly at Restaurant Werdguet): From 7:00 p.m. you are invited to join us! Just have a chat, meet new people, etc. Especially in the colder season this event has become one of the most attended ones.

How to get there? See description directly at the corresponding event.
Non members are welcome...

The new current committe in charge, you will find here.

A short note from the Secretary

 

A long note from the secretary

Let me wind up my note this time with a rather unpleasant reminder: As you all know and as laid out at our last AGM, various Committee members have been in office for years, for decades (!) even. So kind of a fatigue cannot be denied…  That means, as per today, surely two, likely even more will irrevocably step down per February 2026, eg stand one last time for re-election at the AGM 2025. 

For the proper functioning of the club, these portfolios are indispensable

So, if no successor(s) should be available for 2026, it indeed will jeopardize the future of the ESCZ! Therefore we cannot do otherwise but to appeal once more to you all: Think it over earnestly whether you might jump in and keep our beloved club running well beyond 2025 - and let us know in time! 

After all, we want to look fo rward to celebrating another big birthday party, don't we??? 

Do not worry, we don't push you into the Committee and we don't lock you up there for decades. But yes, someone will have to "jump over the blade". Everybody who has ever been on our Committee, will tell you that it was a great and educational time there.

Of course, the quality and frequency of our events is guaranteed and will be maintained all through 2025 - we promise you that too...  

 

The Restaurant Werdguet "Saal" in which we run our AGM's and various slide shows: This room has a proud age of 50 years - who would have thought that? Next year, it will undergo a renovation, i.e. the sliding walls are not really sliding anymore, rather are they grinding along. At the moment, we cannot guarantee if this room will be available for our next AGM. But we will not hold it out in the snow, that's for sure.

 

We recently had a wonderful guided tour through "the Valley" in Kemptthal which was the Maggi manufacture in past times. The guide brought me to the idea of visiting the real birth place of Maggi in Singen (DE). Guided tours are offered there as well. We think of December 2025 to do this, combined with a stay at the lovely Christmas Market nearby. A big challenge will be the transport. As you know, the Deutsche Bahn DB loves to strike before Christmas or to cancel train connections without replacement, therefore, we must set up a "Plan B" with some private cars which would relocate stranded travellers back to Switzerland. 

 

I wish you a nice autumn season.

 
Warmest regards

Juerg

  

 

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