A formal bow to you all

[RSK]

switzerland sucks. same bloody mountains & climate as here but three times as expensive. if you want mountains and snow, come here for a visit.

switzerland



austria




hahaha, you are right, Mountains and Snow - the same!!!

[vashti]

ooh, snap! alice...

[RSK]

[RSK]

does look like a nice place

[alice]

what are you trying to say with your pictures, RK? do you think, the swiss have no streets?

[RSK]

what are you trying to say with your pictures, RK? do you think, the swiss have no streets?

no, i'm comparing the size of the mountains.......

JK



btw, just to be fair to the OP, here's one of Holland

[DutchBoY]

I think the general American idea of Europe is we still live in the middle-ages or smthn......I mean I've talked to many Americans in my time at that souvenir shop, and they were amazed that nobody actually wore clogs over here.....Ah well, not that it really matters, there's lot's of things we us Europeans think of Americans which in reality aren't for real either. I've been to switzerland as well.....Vienna is one of the most pompous cities you'll ever see, but it's rather cold. Rome however breathes history and culture without getting oppresively pompous. Nature in Switzerland is beautiful though.

[alice]

no, i'm comparing the size of the mountains.......

JK

austrian mountains are high enough, trust me!

[DutchBoY]

no, i'm comparing the size of the mountains.......

JK



btw, just to be fair to the OP, here's one of Holland

Yup, that's Delft if I'm not mistaken.....I was born there

[DutchBoY]

though now I look closer, I think it's Amsterdam.....the canal is a bit too wide for Delft

[RSK]

austrian mountains are high enough, trust me!

i know, i was just being VERY selective on purpose, when looking through pictures...

Osterriech

[alice]

I think the general American idea of Europe is we still live in the middle-ages or smthn......I mean I've talked to many Americans in my time at that souvenir shop, and they were amazed that nobody actually wore clogs over here.....Ah well, not that it really matters, there's lot's of things we us Europeans think of Americans which in reality aren't for real either. I've been to switzerland as well.....Vienna is one of the most pompous cities you'll ever see, but it's rather cold. Rome however breathes history and culture without getting oppresively pompous. Nature in Switzerland is beautiful though.

my experience is, people from abroad have got that movie "the sound of music" in mind, and they expect austrians to be like the trapp family. – i've never known that movie until a foreigner told me.

[RSK]

though now I look closer, I think it's Amsterdam.....the canal is a bit too wide for Delft

delft - looks nice!

[alice]

though now I look closer, I think it's Amsterdam.....the canal is a bit too wide for Delft

doesn't one canal look like the next?

[RSK]

my experience is, people from abroad have got that movie "the sound of music" in mind, and they expect austrians to be like the trapp family. – i've never known that movie until a foreigner told me.

hahahahahhaahha - YOU CRACK ME UP!!!

yes, i've seen the movie! and i think i know what you are talking about!