Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Switzerland - the land of cranes and tunnels

Switzerland is not our goal for this trip - it is simply the flyover zone. What stands out about Switzerland to me is the vast number of cranes. They are all over each city and village we pass. Dubai has more cranes than any other place in the world right now, but Switzerland must be in the top five. I understand that the repair/build season is short so the cranes are necessary, unfortunately it appears that for every fifty cranes, there is only one person trained on how to use them.

As to the tunnels, they are everywhere. I suspect that the Swiss love to build them, either that or, the mob is really strong here. I would not be surprised to learn that many of these tunnels were built and then dirt put over them to justify their existence.

We arrived in Winterthur without any problems. After check-in at the hotel, we drove around until we found the city center, parked, and wandered around for a while. Nicole recommended a noodle restaurant for dinner and I acquiesced. Details of the dinner are not necessary. Let's just say that chopsticks are not my friend, one of my dumplings committed suicide in my soup bowel, and walking around the city with a t-shirt inside out is definitely sexy.

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