An introduction

Hello World.





It's been a long time in exile here in the land of cheese, chocolate and bank secrecy. I've often considered the idea of a running commentary on life in Switzerland, as seen through the eyes of an English-speaking citizen of this fine, eccentric little land. I've never had the time for it though. Too busy 'integrating'. However, just recently I had cause to return to the land of my birth, a place I haven't laid eyes on for almost ten years. The abrupt return to normalcy shattered my self-induced, iron-clad Swissness in the blink of an eye, and restored my resolve. I don't know how long I will be able to keep this up, as being back in the land of perfectionism brings with it a certain reinforcement of well-learned lessons in reticence. Well, we'll see.





I have, over the years, experienced uncountable situations that have been either eye-wateringly hilarious, breathtakingly ridiculous, or plain downright 'foreign'. I would like to share some of these with you all, for I'm sure there will be those of you who either live here yourselves or are living somewhere else in this small world of ours where the situation could be similar.





I hope you can laugh at the things that happen to me, or share an indignant snort of outrage, or a chortle of disbelief. The last thing I would like this blog to become is a Swiss-bashing forum. Enough of this goes on on various other blogs and forums here in our land of harmonious integration. Of course, the odd whinge may become a bit long-winded, but I trust that you, my readers, will alert me to this. I mention this because, when all's said and done, if one takes the time to get to know and understand them, the Swiss could be said to be a lovely race. Rather like a perfect little colony of Hobbits. No, really... I mean that in a nice way. Really.....



The name of the blog comes from the fact that many of the incidents that I will relate have already occurred back in the days when I first arrived and was struggling to come to terms with life over here (hence no time for writing blogs). That would be the "Yesterday" part. The "Today" part speaks for itself. The "Tomorrow" bit, well... maybe there'll be some philosophising about the future. My future, to be precise.



Well, I hope this project will reach some receptive ears around the world. Here's to lots of fun and laughs for all of us!



SASwiss