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1. i do find myself gluing myself against store windows looking at the FINE watches
2. somebody was asking us if we'd seen any sign of economic difficulties here - and Steven said, well, maybe there are five less Ferraris on the road these days! - lol!
3. omg - the chocolate - it's unreal - the last time we were here, we were overwhelmed - living here is chocolate heaven - even the normal grocery stores have the best chocolate ever in them - we have at least four bars around at all times - i would be more worried about my waistline, except i think Steven is actually worse than i am - heheh
4. i did find myself admiring a pretty, blue and lethal looking Swiss Army knife in a store window the other day:)
it is nice here - we are, however, spending quite a bit of money - on rent alone - but we wanted to live well since we were only going to be here for a year - we've obviously managed to find excellent food - there's this really fantastic place called Veltlinerkeller that's out of this world - but, going out to a normal good dinner averages 75-90 CHF a pop, so we do that a lot less than we did in Wellington - i do miss the Greek place out by the airport (Muses Taverna - have you been there? - i hope it still exists when we get back), and good Asian food in general - not to mention yum cha at Regal or Majestic - although we did manage to find a place that does half-way decent Peking duck - we need our fix!
Swiss German is super hard to understand - i've picked up some high German, but the Swiss don't love to speak it and would rather try their English instead
but, we are enjoying it here:)
But you are right on how pricey everything is. I was paying a lot for dinner there, too, and it was just passable western food. Diesel cost more than petrol when I was there, and the border guards stung me for a year’s road tax even though I was there for a lot less and didn’t even use much of the motorway (the reason they give you for charging road tax—to support motorway maintenance).
Being Chinese, I think Regal and Majestic are pretty poor! Haven’t been to Muses, but I will have a look for it, since it would be only 15 minutes’ walk from here if it’s by the airport (if I walk through the under-runway walkway).
I used regular German from Germany and everyone picked up I was foreign, plus I had French plates on my car, so it was out with the English. They are so helpful though: I still have a full street map that a Züricher—a total stranger of whom I asked directions—gave me because he reckoned I needed it more than he did.
I might blog about Fiat–Chrysler soon. I foresaw it, and even said I saw a Fiat–Big Three tie-up 48 hours before this announcement. I regret not blogging it, as I would have looked prescient.