The first of August is Swiss National Day, when Swiss people take a day off from their busy bee working habits and relax with family.\u00a0 In the evening there are fireworks to celebrate.\u00a0 Actually they do have something to celebrate, even if they do it in a restrained and slightly boring way.\u00a0 The Swiss confederation is a success, a model of democracy as it should be, and a happy blending of different cultures and languages.\u00a0 It is a pleasure to live here.\u00a0 Doubly so in a Europe struggling with debt, problems with the Euro, unemployment, and countless social problems.\u00a0 Switzerland is a land-locked island in the centre of all this, calmly ignoring everyone else’s problems and quietly getting on with things.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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