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I was in Zermatt a couple of years ago, bought a round of three vodka redbulls. Cost me over £50.
It would cost you a lot more now, with the pound having fallen. If your idea of a good time is pubs and night clubbing (or whatever you young people get up to nowadays), then Switzerland is very very dull.
I like dull.
I like being able to walk home through town at midnight and not getting mugged or knifed.
If you're raising a family, there's far worse places to be than CH.
I don't care what the others say, I know where I'd rather be.
Fair play to you Bob...
WHS
I've been on holiday to Montreux/Vevey on a couple of occasions and given the choice between waking up to Lake Geneva every morning or a rather dull UK city I know which I'd prefer given the chance.
That's a normal German practice You just say excuse me and they move it politely.
However in Germany I find things like that and placing towels on beaches is balanced by a distinct lack of aggression i.e. you can look at some one or talk to his girlfriend, or accidentally bump into someone in a pub without him punching you in the face.
The only place they are aggressive is on the Autobahn, where they play doom.
One thing you would have to admit is the difference in the quality of services. Am sorry to say but state services in CH compared to the ones in Britain makes Britain look like almost a third world country. Especially if we talk about the NHS system. For me the worst thing is the social element. Despite respecting individual personalities and understanding that everyone can be different, still the average social qualities of people in the UK are way much better. One thing that strikes me here is that people on trains put bags on purpose on the other seat hoping that nobody else will sit next to you... (hope it's just my impression)
Back in the 90s I had a one-year contract in Switzerland at one of the banks. It was the works - extremely high rate, free flat, business class flights back to London every weekend if I wanted them.
It was the dullest year in my life. The Swiss are just the most boring people on the planet. No wonder they have a huge drug problem.
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