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Life in Switzerland

As now i am in Switzerland for two days,, i'll breifly say something about the life here..

most local people from Switzerland speak more than one language, probably German, French, and Italian... so the most-discussed topic would be lanuguages... English is not quite often used but compared to Poland, China or some other country, there are more people who can understand English.. most of the places,, the lanugage will be written in two languages: French and German.

the living expense is higher than UK... if you go to a restaurant , you probably need 30 or more CHF, (1 GBP = 1.5 CHF)

the transportation is also very expensive... i take a train from Geneva to Fribourg, and it cost me 41 CHF... but with some cards, you can get it at a half price.. It is usual that if you take a bus, nobody is checking your ticket. but you have to count how many stops and buy the ticket from machine at bus stop before you get on the bus... if you get caught, you will face a penaty.

Switzerland uses a keyboard with Y and Z swapped, i do not like it...

Pictures will be uploaded in the future,, now have to get back to work..