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Hello all,

For those of you who have a little extra reading time, here are some interesting articles that have surfaced recently about Switzerland. 

Here is a great piece, courtesy of Fritz, about e-biking in the Swiss Alps (the article furthering Sarah's quest to procure her own electric bike)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/travel/2016026844_webswisselectricbikes29.html


And here is a cool, literary article about Romance era writers Lord Byron, Percy Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley on the banks of Lake Geneva one summer in the early 1800's.  A current writer follows their steps and finds some of the lake's hidden, and not-so-hidden gems.  (An interesting tidbit: Mary wrote Frankenstein that summer in a haze of opium and wine on the banks of the lake)

http://travel.nytimes.com/2011/05/29/travel/lake-geneva-as-byron-and-shelley-knew-it.html?pagewanted=all


And finally, here is a recent report about world economies and their global competitiveness.  Interestingly enough, Switzerland came out on top again for the second consecutive year, while the US dropped to 5th. 

Is it a coincidence that Switzerland's move to the top of the global chart coincides with us moving here?  Perhaps...but we wouldn't be surprised to find a formal "thank you" from the government in our mailbox any day now. 

http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GCR_CountryProfilHighlights_2011-12.pdf


Avec amour et gratitude,

Les trois Suisses