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It’s amazing how quickly a place becomes home. I thought I’d feel relieved to visit Germany again, and not have to work quite so hard to understand what people are saying to me; and I was, don’t get me wrong. But whatever you say about the Swiss (and there’s a lot to say!), the broad smile and “Grüezi!” of the Air Berlin flight attendants, and the “uff wiedelueke” and “ade mitenand” after landing in Zürich was most pleasant. I like this place.
Of course, good things can’t last: as I write this I am packing my second suitcase in preparation for a flight to the USA in a few hours. Meanwhile, after having survived Siberian winds and ice in Berlin, the radio now reports of large storms in California, causing traffic delays and power outages around the Bay Area. Nothing is every easy!
