only when they fake one

No, but there may be some alphorn blowing beforehand.

Sorry, you brought it up. I'm outa here.

Here is an interesting list of facts.

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~terry/english...itzerland.html

Beside the point that I detest people getting home in mid-afternoon, you should have adapted your headgear and had the correct thing up

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as well as this gear here
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Deutsches Bajonett 98/05 von 1905 für das Gewehr 98
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but, if somebody goes to a country
- without reading the available information
- without looking at the most obious basic facts of live
- without any sense for reaities
you know as what the person will be described as ????

<> as you in profile do not name your origin it is not possible to guess where you grew up
<> Geneva is Savoyard, Zürich is Alemannic, so that I cannot quite see what may be shocking about differences
<> culture in Switzerland IS and HAS TO BE cantonal and not centralist ---- this is even a basic doctrine here
<> the Basler are of course different (Süd-Badisch)

Stop please. Most Swiss live in areas less than 40 kilometers from the next borders. Most Swiss are out of families partially of "foreign" origin. In many Swiss Cantons prime attractions are outside Switzerland. In Schaffhausen, THE castle (ruin) is the Hohentwiel
, and prime mountains are Hohenhöven, Hohenkrähen and Hohenstoffel. And a favourite wine of my Grandfather in Schaffhausen (SH/CH) was Spätburgunder Weissherbst from north of the Bodensee. In Geneva, the mountain of Geneva is the Salève




http://www.myswitzerland.com/de/reis...nt-saleve.html

and look at the MATTERHORN /MonteCervino. While east and west and north of this mountain are on Swiss territory, the south-side is Italian.

Konstanz and Kreuzlingen are growing together as it should be. So that Kreuzlingers in Konstanz do not feal abroad and neither do Konstanzers in Kreuzlingen as both only had/have to cross a border.

So, as a conclusion, your weird attempt to separate Switzerland from its surroundings is defintely REJECTED

Wolli please - this is a topic about what we incorrectly thought about Switzerland before moving here. We have already realized that this was not correct, therefore there is really no need to point out why and how stupid we all really were, thinking what we thought.

http://images.cheezburger.com/comple...8224504159.jpg

I wasn't told or read about this, but simply presumed that ...

As there are lots of cows, I thought the beef steak would be cheap.

As there are lots of dairy farms, all the dairy products would be available, but I can't find the Clotted cream for my scone!!

Adventurous.

Now, do yourself a favour and put this thread on Ignore before you make a greater fool of yourself than you've done already.

I thought the dryer thing was my problem.

You can (in Ticino)

There are (in Ticino)

It is (in Ticino)

Face it, you moved to the wrong part of the country!

Tom

I thought that:

There would be graffiti on everything and everywhere

The kitchen sinks could fit more than 3 dishes at once

The freezer in the fridge could fit more than a box of glace

I would be stopped at the motorway border every time I cross. (Still have never been stopped)

I don't see any Swiss posting their misconceptions.

This thread title annoys me ;)

There is, I feel much better now.

I took Wolli's advice and inspected my Swiss family thoroughly before even contemplating coming here to live.

However, what I was not prepared for was "political roadworks". That is streets and roads closed to traffic for not only months, but at times years. So long that they must appear maps, let alone Google earth. With little, if any, difference to show for it when it's all over...

Although I was reasonably well informed before I came here, I had expected to be able to do shopping on a Sunday, and that I wouldn't be infuriated by endless bells.

Swiss neutrality and impartiality ..... hah! Just try working with them

I have no idea what you're "ranting" about...
anybody?