tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33053911.post3765041082720034588..comments2023-10-29T10:47:53.425+01:00Comments on Expat-Experience: Swiss MaintenanceGlobal Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14829642620261054318noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33053911.post-65397320558321535472008-04-20T18:38:00.000+02:002008-04-20T18:38:00.000+02:00The Swiss already have a toehold in the Boot of Eu...The Swiss already have a toehold in the Boot of Europe - Vatican City,. They provide the security and the mail service.<BR/><BR/>Yep, you read that right. The Vatican City post office does not go through the Italian post. All outbound mail is sent to Switzerland and then posted around the world.<BR/><BR/>So perhaps taking over Naples isn't outside the realm of possibility?Global Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14829642620261054318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33053911.post-45114048272831112342008-04-20T18:03:00.000+02:002008-04-20T18:03:00.000+02:00Simply amazing! I must visit Switzerland and try t...Simply amazing! I must visit Switzerland and try to convince them to take over the administration of Napoli and possibly the whole Italy. If you can do it, I'll pay to see that happen!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33053911.post-74361852661709944692008-03-16T10:02:00.000+01:002008-03-16T10:02:00.000+01:00...and yet, the little patch of grass just up the ......and yet, the little patch of grass just up the street from our place is covered in dog poo. It's even got a 'robidog' box and bags so people can collect it and put it away properly... Go figure..Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11493786670139214732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33053911.post-29743434425864107082008-03-16T04:40:00.000+01:002008-03-16T04:40:00.000+01:00lol - I knew TBF had to have a story too. But tho...lol - I knew TBF had to have a story too. But those were sooo funny!<BR/><BR/>I just thought it was very odd that when they delivered the oil for the winter to fill the boiler that it had to go through the front door, down the next and into the basement.. Really It was just wayyyy too odd for me. That's Montreux for ya.<BR/><BR/>How about how well they plant the flowers every few months and how well education those gardeners are!<BR/><BR/>I'm sure someone should have a funny recycling story somewhere.. Oh I was always scared of putting class in the wrong bin!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09455800980666388178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33053911.post-16981115896562904772008-03-15T08:56:00.000+01:002008-03-15T08:56:00.000+01:00I walked into the parking garage in our building o...I walked into the parking garage in our building one day last spring to find our Hauswartin vacuuming the garage floor with a regular house vacuum cleaner. It was that time of year when the trees throw off the fluffy white pollen, and she decided that the only way to rid the garage floor of this "menace" was by giving it a good vacuuming.<BR/>When I came back a short time later, she was giving the inside of the garage door a good scrubbing with a bucket of soapy water and a scrub brush.The Big Finnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09399330438126032649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33053911.post-37436628091929408692008-03-14T20:13:00.000+01:002008-03-14T20:13:00.000+01:00Which is why I'm kind of mystified that our house ...Which is why I'm kind of mystified that our house still doesn't have any street numbers on it, something I asked the neighbors about months after we moved in and they said it's the city that takes care of that. <BR/><BR/>Then again we are over on the Suisse Romand side, they're a bit more lax over here I think... ; )Marcyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00792375260633790983noreply@blogger.com