 | emphasise the opposite -- warmth, light, festivity and good living. I moved to Zurich from Tehran when I was nine when my father took a post at the university. I have my favorite streets, favorite shops, cafes and restaurants. At christmas the city is awash in light and colour. Probably the grandest vista at Christmas is the Bahnhofstrasse, the famous central avenue that runs from the lake at one end to the Central Station at the other, with its variety of christmas decorations and endless showers of tiny white lights strung across the street. In what has become a tradition I am going to meet my cousine Claudio at one of my favorite restaurants any- where in the world, the Kronenhalle (the Crown Hall)... |  |