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What Surprised Me in Switzerland

As we know, Switzerland is a beautiful tourist haven for many.  From my recent 16 days trip, I got some nasty surprises too: The smoking rate is pretty high for such a developed country that is well known for pharmaceutical and health sciences.  If you see 2 adults standing, likely one of them is smoking. Everywhere people smoke: inside train stations, door of restaurants, just outside museums, ski mountains etc People are friendly generally, they just don't smile often and appear to be cold Trains are very punctual and fail-proof, the train tickets are, like everything in Switzerland, expensive Unlike Spain or other European countries, it is not common to find beers being served in fast-food restaurants.  Also, beer is not cheaper than soft drinks , unlike Spain and other countries Eating at restaurants can cost you an arm and a leg .   That's why Swiss seldom eat out.  But we managed to find small eateries that charged very low for very tasty food.  They just don

5 Good Things You Must Know About Switzerland

I just came back from Switzerland Holidays, and these are the 5 good things about Switzerland that we too can learn from: Perfect public transport system comprises of trams, buses, above-ground trains, underground trains, mountain trains, cable cars, and boats.  They even have real-time arrival time of trams and buses using GPS United but not uniform .  Switzerland is actually not a country but a confederation making up of 26 cantons, which are federal states that have very great power. There is little central government control, unlike China or Russia. Every canton is like an independent country, with their own laws, languages, customs, and culture.  But the cantons are united as a nation but there is no uniformity. This gives rise to lots of creativity and competition among the cantons, which as a whole makes the nation stronger High Trust system .  Everyone uses public transport base on trust.  People do not buy train tickets and slot tickets into machines to enter train pla