[Idyllchat] Rütli Meadow in Switzerland

[Powen Shiah]

It's the birthplace of the "modern" Swiss state, and if you happen to
be going be in Switzerland on August 1st, you might want to look into
attending the ceremony (if it's open to the public).

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/23/world/europe/23lucerne.html

"LUCERNE, Switzerland — The Swiss, it is fair to say, have no
abundance of jarring events in their history. As Orson Welles said in
the movie "The Third Man," in centuries of brotherly love, democracy
and peace, the Swiss produced only the cuckoo clock...."

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Powen Shiah
"Travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes
on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living." –- Miriam Beard

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