Before I get started on telling you some troubles about Switzerland I should probably give you a little background on myself, although most of you already know it. I come from Nebraska but went to college at Iowa State University. I graduated in 2008 and then moved, with my wife Whitney, to Minnesota. She had a job lined up out of ISU in the Twin Cities so we decided that I could find a job easy enough when we were there, and I did. She was then offered the chance to move to Switzerland and work for her company there. And as you can now see, that is where we stand.
So what can I say about Switzerland so far? It may not seem different when you first get here, but as the weeks move on it is clear to see that it is a stark difference between living in the US. First off is the whole non-car issue. We didn't bring either of our cars over, long story maybe another time. We decided that we could foot around the town of Baar for all of our needs, and hop on the public transport if we need to travel any long distances. For now it is working. The grocery store, train station, and bus station, are a ten minute walk for us, plus there is a bus stop right down the street from where we live. But we are starting to see the faults in our plan as well. Despite the walk only being 10 minutes to the store, things get heavy quickly while walking. Try carrying a few days of groceries down the street and back and you will see what I mean.
Another problem arises with the dependence of public transport for long travels, you are stuck to THEIR schedule. So if you miss the train, you are stuck waiting for another hour. Now that is fine if we miss our train back from Zurich, there is plenty of stuff to do around the main station, but if we miss the train from Baar, talk about a boring hour. And the buses would take longer so we wouldn't even try to navigate that scenario.
That concludes it for today, but keep an eye for more troubles and adventures from Switzerland.
p.s. Just don't expect any Indiana Jones type adventures...ok?
