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Thinking of Switzerland, what comes to your mind?
- Thread starter Rumpel
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As a young boy, my family stayed in Interlaken, The mountains and lakes is what sticks in my mind.
That my 2nd great-grandfather emigrated from Goldswil, Canton Berne, Switzerland.
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The cocktails at the bar inside the HR Giger museum.
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William Tell, father of the Swiss Confederacy, and his crossbow.
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One of my best vacations ever.
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.... shooting the apple off the head of his son
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Swiss cheese.
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maybe he is only a legend and never existed, though.
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We stayed at lake Geneva many moons ago.
Impressive country with all its beauty.
Good food as well.
They have 4 official languages, iirc.
Impressive country with all its beauty.
Good food as well.
They have 4 official languages, iirc.
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Cheese, chocolate, and army knives.
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Lake Geneva, Montrose, Smoke On The Water
Oh, yeah...Ursula Andress!
Oh, yeah...Ursula Andress!
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Lake Geneva and the Alps, watches and chocolate, used to be a great place to park wealth until they decided to participate in reporting to other nations.
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I forgot the Alphorn but I'm not sure if that's exclusively Swiss.
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My dad retired to Luzern in the early 1970s. I was fortunate to visit numerous time and a few more after he passed away. His second wife passed away in 2019
Neutrality...