How is living in Switzerland different from Bluffton? Are there any similarities?
There are similarities. urich has a small town feel. It’s very safe, and you see people out walking every day. But you don’t approach people here. People like to keep to themselves — that took a little getting used to. The biggest difference is the cost. We experienced sticker-shock for a long time, and still do. Zurich is perennially a top ten most expensive city in the world. To give an example: Starbucks grande latte is $8 Swiss Francs, which equates to about $8 USD given the current exchange rate. Yikes! I quickly learned to make lattes at home. I saw some pictures of you with skis. Have you learned to ski? If so, where do you do that? The Alps? We are still learning to ski. I used to dread the winter; it’s nice to have something to look forward to now. We try to go down to the Alps every other weekend in ski season. The Alps are about an hour or so travel time by train. We don’t own a car, so lugging the skis from the apartment to the train station is as much of a workout as the
