Now that I’ve been in Switzerland for over a month, it is time that I make a list of things that I think are pretty swell about Switzerland.
– Most of the public telephone boxes are square and BLUE with a little light on top. Can’t get any more swell than that! Best phone experience EVER! ; )
– The Swiss building code requires every residence to have a nuclear bunker (unless there is access to a communal bunker). Hard core!
– The Swiss ten bill has Le Corbusier on it with his awesome nerdy glasses. ‘La Petite Maison’ by Le Corbusier is a short drive away.
– The Swiss speak slower and clearer french than the neighboring French. Thanks!
– Swiss wine is amazing. The harvest starts this week. The vines are all stepped on really steep slopes that look incredible.
– Lake Léman is gorgeous. You can see France and the alps as clear as day on the other side.
– The Swiss say septante, huitante, and neunante, instead of soixante-dix, quatre-vingt, and quatre-vingt-dix. WHATT?
– The windows don’t have screens and can open up all the way (more than half the area of the wall). Unfortunately that doesn’t mean they don’t have mosquitoes. : P
– The Swiss give three ‘bisous’ (kisses) as a greeting. It is the same as in the Netherlands. Girls kiss girls, boys kiss girls, but boys don’t kiss boys (unlike in France).
– The metro here is twice as efficient and more than half the price of the TTC. Use this as a precedent Toronto!
– more to come…..
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