Zurich, Switzerland - In the last two weeks, we've started to get a bit more spring weather (in between pockets of cold). Last weekend we took a nice walk by the lake and in the old town, which were predictably teeming with many other people eager to be out in the warm weather. Many of these people were unmasked which is in-keeping with Swiss reluctance to aggressively confront COVID-19. This weekend, we made our way to Schwyz for a hike between the mountains and along a river where we happened to pass a shooting range which was actively in use. Shooting ranges, and guns generally, are common in Switzerland, though the country has very few gun-related homicides. Swiss regulation and management of firearms and coronavirus are an interesting contrast - one seemingly very competent and the other less so. Hiking in Schwyz First, our hike in Schwyz this weekend. Schwyz is centrally located in Switzerland and it is among the three original cantons of Switzerland. As Swiss t...
Adventures living abroad in Switzerland.