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Outdoor cafe in Visp

Clearly, there is a widespread need for good hats. This apparently sane and sober man wore a bakery bag on his head for the entire time I lunched. Shall we conclude that the Swiss have a jolly sense of humor, and are unworried about public opinion: "neutral, and independent?" — and proudly so!
Kraft course begins

April 15th 2009
It's all happening so fast! I'm sorry I haven't been able to document my arrival here in Switzerland to the degree I had hoped. My computer apparently doesn't speak German, as I wasn't able to get onto the school's wireless network yesterday, the first day of classes, even with their password. (The school is not "near" Berne, as I thought; it's in the Interlaken district.) Apparently everything is ... read more
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Swiss Flag The Swiss Confederation was founded in 1291 as a defensive alliance among three cantons. In succeeding years, other localities joined the original three. The Swiss Confederation secured its independence from the Holy Roman Empire in 1499. Switzerland... ... read more
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