Local events – what’s local, anyway?

Those of you who have been reading my blog from the very beginning know that I used to do event alerts. I more or less stopped doing that after we moved, because what fun is doing event alerts when I cannot attend the events? But it’s almost April, people. That means that Switzerland is starting to wake up and the Zurich event calendar will start filling up soon.

But the good thing about being in Switzerland is that you are smack-dab in the middle of Europe, so you can be in France, Germany, Austria, Italy in just a few hours (and Czech Republic in just over 6). A few years ago we drove to Milan for the Madonna concert (the Drowned World Tour, which was awesome. Ah, remember when Madonna still had it? Before the plastic surgery and general skankiness and cougar-like behavior? Good times.) and while I don’t plan on going on endless road trips with two kids in tow to attend every single event, I’m a girl. I like to have choices. A wide selection, if you will. Which is when I decided to start doing a monthly Event Alert post, extending the definition of “local” events beyond the Swiss borders.
So, because I like symmetry and simplicity (translate: I’m lazy and and wanted to make it easy) I traced a circle around Zurich, with its edges reaching Milan in the South and Geneva in the West. Then I widened it a bit to include Munich (which horrified my husband, who now believes I will be dragging him around Switzerland and Northern Italy and Southern Germany and we’ll start living like gypsies and go completely bankrupt. Pfft. Wimp. Just kidding honey, love you, you’re the best!), but thought better of it. Because I’m European after all, and long drives sound like a hell of a lot of work. So the chances that I’ll just drive to Munich at the drop of a hat are pretty slim. Unless there’s something really awesome, in which case I just might.

But I digress (as usual) so without further ado, here’s the circle:

Everything that falls within the circle is fair game. Most places can be reached in a little over 3 hours by car, though it can easily take 5 hours to go to Milan, depending on the traffic, time of the year and weather. But it might just be worth it

So there you have it. The first event alert post, for the month of April 2010, will be up in a few days. Turns out there is quite a lot to do around here.