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Jul. 30th, 2007 01:50 pmThis will be my last post from Switzerland. Our internet connection will be cut off tomorrow along with the TV. The transportation company wanted an inventory list by today, Monday, so most of our stuff is packed up already and we still have a little over a week before we head north. This could mean that without work and internet distractions, I might get some writing done. Art is a no-go, because all my art materials have been packed down, labelled with big read fragile stickers.
I am surprisingly a little sad to leave. Somehow I wished I had gotten more out of my stay here, more friends, more memories. While we will be leaving some wonderful people behind, I think it is no secret that I haven't made any friends of my own here. The Swiss in this part of Switzerland are just not very open toward foreigners. At first I thought it was perhaps just me - that the cultural difference was a problem (read "my Danish blunt self is offensive"), or the language issue, or the fact that I was working from home, but the closedness and reservedness has unfortunately been confirmed by other foreigners here and even by C's Swiss friends. However, Switzerland is a breathtakingly beautiful country, mists, moutains, waterfalls, valleys, hills, rivers, lakes - and it's charming with its old city-centres and churches. We'll definitely be coming back to visit friends and family, and to stuff ourselves with Italian and Swiss hams, goat- and sheep's cheese.
( picturesque Switzerland. (Lueg, luege mal!) )
And since we are at the photos.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
mnfaure couldn't imagine our appartment all packed up and asked to see boxes, so boxes she shall have:
( packing! )
By the way last night we celebrated the packing of said boxes, by sharing a bottle of white wine from Sancerre - wonder where we got that one from? ;)
As many of you know, these past 5 years have been really hard, and I'm hoping moving to Denmark will be a fresh start. So here's to new beginnings. To seize the day - to strive for more, but to be content with what we have.
And with that, I'll see you in Denmark!
I am surprisingly a little sad to leave. Somehow I wished I had gotten more out of my stay here, more friends, more memories. While we will be leaving some wonderful people behind, I think it is no secret that I haven't made any friends of my own here. The Swiss in this part of Switzerland are just not very open toward foreigners. At first I thought it was perhaps just me - that the cultural difference was a problem (read "my Danish blunt self is offensive"), or the language issue, or the fact that I was working from home, but the closedness and reservedness has unfortunately been confirmed by other foreigners here and even by C's Swiss friends. However, Switzerland is a breathtakingly beautiful country, mists, moutains, waterfalls, valleys, hills, rivers, lakes - and it's charming with its old city-centres and churches. We'll definitely be coming back to visit friends and family, and to stuff ourselves with Italian and Swiss hams, goat- and sheep's cheese.
( picturesque Switzerland. (Lueg, luege mal!) )
And since we are at the photos.
mnfaure couldn't imagine our appartment all packed up and asked to see boxes, so boxes she shall have:( packing! )
By the way last night we celebrated the packing of said boxes, by sharing a bottle of white wine from Sancerre - wonder where we got that one from? ;)
As many of you know, these past 5 years have been really hard, and I'm hoping moving to Denmark will be a fresh start. So here's to new beginnings. To seize the day - to strive for more, but to be content with what we have.
And with that, I'll see you in Denmark!
