Sunday, October 7, 2007

Mixed messages

There's one very odd thing about Switzerland.

It's supposed to be known for its healthy lifestyle, clean air, top notch health system... and then there are the gazillion people who smoke.

It's unbelievable. You can smoke in just about any restaurant or cafe, and there are always people chuffing away while they wait for a tram. In many vending machines on train station platforms you can buy chips and drinks and gum... and ciggies.

You can guarantee you will smell like smoke when you get home from a big day out, just because it's everywhere.

I've even noticed that many apartments have hooks outside the doors on the balconies for people to hang their coats outside. I think this is because it's so smoky in public places.

And in our apartment.

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