Delay - Swiss style

InterCity train bound to Zürich. Stops a little bit too long in Olten. PA announcement: "Due to the European Soccer Championships there is an increased number of trains operating. This has caused a delay of two minutes. We apologize for that."

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TWO MINUTES! Oh my, if this is the only problem this country has...

Another story: we are now officially um, "angemeldet" (logged in?) in Baden. Took us about 15 minutes at the town's office. As a new resident of Baden, you get some goodies (I actually knew that and was looking forward to it). Vouchers for the thermal bath, vouchers for a day trip with the local buses (how cool is that... I get the shivers when I only think about it: 24 hours on the public bus system. Incredible!), a free waste bag (waste bags are expensive here, because you pay the complete costs of getting rid of the waste with them. When they introduced that concept some years ago, people suddenly stuffed much more into their bags, causing an increase in back injuries in garbage collectors), some leaflets with "what's up in Baden, the hottest city right after New York" (I am exaggerating here) and finally, the real treat: Iodine pills. Iodine pills? Hell yeah! Iodine pills. One pack for me, one for Esther. If one of the nuclear power plants here in the neighborhood starts too leak, or even pops open, then we have to eat the stuff. The iodine will fill up our thyroid gland pronto and will reduce the load of radioactive iodine that we inhale. Phew. I feel much better now. And that's it. Nothing to eat, no restaurant vouchers, nada. Whatever.


By the way: Switzerland - Turkey: 1 : 0 !!! Excellent. Hope it get's even better.