Bleeding just keeps on moving, Tourism - Pt.9: Switserland

[shadowman]

Yep guys, the bleeding ship sets sail to Austria's neighbour : Switserland !
As some of you may know our beloved Evilshell is a resident of this wonderful country (it seems the land has never been the same... :wink: ) and she has promised to monitor our findings closely and correct us/laugh with us (you pick) when necessary.

So here it goes, Switserland, now let me see. I was on honeymoon in the surroundings of Sion back in 1987 so that is a good start right ?  :wink:

- Haute Nendaz, wonderful small village where me and my lovely wife have spent numerous... euh... walks among the mountains... :mrgreen:
- Chocolate
- Watches
- Lake of Geneva
- Remaing neutral, the highest goal in life for any Swiss. Have to admire them to have kept neutral in almost any European conflict or war...
- A mixture of languages : French, Italian, German and not to forget, Retro Roman
- the highest mountains in Europe

Mmm... not much to start with it seems... Gonna think of some other stuff in the days to come...

[Virvatuli]

Huuh...
My aunt used to live there (but then again, my aunts live everywhere, it seems.. yes, they've taken over the world) so I've visited it.. But it's quite many years ago already.
I can remember that I was really sad because I couldn't go climbing with the others
Uhm... only mountains comes to mind at this late moment

[Mas]

Zwitserse powder cheese
Snow
Chalets
Zurich
River the Rhone
Basel
Alpen
Mineralen and Stones
Good adultery movies
Demoniciduth

[Metalmaiden]

Can I say chocolate again??

[AngelOfMusic]

I'm going to, Metalmaiden!

CHOCOLATE!!!

And Toblerone (I think that's from Switzerland...)

[grym]

Chocolate! :wink:
Cheese
Skiing
Mountains
Banks
Watches
Beautiful women
A place i would love to visit, along with Norway, Sweden, Finnland and all those other lovely cold places up there

[Prab]

I've been to Siwitzerland quite a few times.
An uncle of mine lives there, in Biel (Bienne) that is. That's a very small town next to the border to France, in the north-west of Swizerland.

I've been to Zurich too, since another Aunt of mine is living there.
I've visited Bern also.

What comes to my mind is:

- C & C ( Chocolate & Cheese )
- Bern Deutsch (the particular type of German they speak there)
- Schweizer Franken (their currency)
- for the german speaking guys here:
"chuchechastli" (spelled wrongly I know, but I tried to meet the pronunciation ) which is supposed to mean "küchenkästchen" (kitchen cupboard).
- Fondue (yummy!)
- almost 1000 kilometers from Vienna to Biel. almost a days car ride.
- nice lakes.

that's it for now
I add some things I've they come to my mind.

[Souleraser]

Hm, Switzerland.

1 rifle in every household.
Obligatory service in the Swiss Army for every male older than 18.
Obligatory participation in 1 maneuver per year.
The Swiss Guard - protecting the pope for several centuries already.
Soldiers on bicycles.
One of the first people I got to know on the internet came from there.

[The Metal RN]

The image that always comes to mind is the Matterhorn, I love tolook at mountains, especially since I have always lived in a very flat area of the world.

Cheese and chocolate, just like every other country!!! :D

Snow
Banks
Neutrality
Well known army
Self armed citizens, and I think low crime
Swiss alps and Swiss passes, through the mountains, alpine meadows
Skiing, winter olympians
Search and rescue dogs, St bernards, I have no idea if they have them, but I think of them!
Foundation of the International Red Cross
Fondue
Basler Leckerli (Basel cookies)
Bertrand Piccard, Jacques Piccard, Auguste Piccard
Team Alinghi makes history by bringing the America's Cup to Europe for the first time in 152 years

I really want to visit here sometime.

[The Metal RN]

BTW- where is Basel located? :D

[Avricha]

Lindt and otther chocolate
Moutains
Skiing
Swiss German
Bernice mountain dogs

[evilshell]

BTW- where is Basel located? :D

Basel is in the northwest of Switzerland, in the three country region with Switzerland, France and Germany (from where I live in Basel, I can walk to France in about 10 minutes and drive to Germany in about the same amount of time). It is very near the Black Forest in Germany, and about an hour's drive from Zurich or Luzerne.

[shadowman]

[ I can walk to France in about 10 minutes and drive to Germany in about the same amount of time).

Hey what a coincidence : I can walk to France in 10 minutes as well...
To Germany on the other hand ?
That may take me 100 hours and 10 minutes...  :laugh:

Glad to see you checked in Evilshell ?
Any more comments so far ?
Curious about AOP's remark : one rifle in every household ????

[Souleraser]

Curious about AOP's remark : one rifle in every household ????

That is a duty given by law. As *every* male citizen has to participate in armed services, they all have to be ready to defend their country at any time - which is only guaranteed when they have their weapons at home.
I hope I didn't mix up anything there but that is what I believe to remember.

[evilshell]

A place i would love to visit, along with Norway, Sweden, Finnland and all those other lovely cold places up there

Actually, depending on where you are, it isn't so cold in Switzerland! I live in Basel and we get virtually no snow here and it is pretty temperate all year round. Zurich is a slight bit colder, but still fairly temperate year round. And don't forget the Italian south - palm trees and warmerish weather year-round!