I just heard Grenchen's bell tower chime midnight. The clock on this computer just turned to 00:00. People are still talking and laughing in the flat beneath me, the flat which is actually a coffeehouse run by the methodist church. Young people (in their twenties?) serve drinks and hang out every Saturday night, and call it "Coffeehouse Connect." Esther and Frankie are a big part of it. I hung out down there with all of them tonight, and at least 1 third of those people can speak English pretty well. Yay.
You know what? I have never come across a person from ouside the United States (especially if from Europe) who does not like Obama. Everybody abroad seems to be a big fan of him.
And believe me, I do not start the political conversations here. Or, well, anywhere.
I would just like to put forth two things:
- I feel that the healthcare bill would work quite differently in the United States than it would work in a country the size of Switzerland. The situations are not the same at all. Just want to point that out.
- What kind of business does a person from Switzerland have knowing the intimates of legislative bills and policies in the United States? I mean, why would one care?
And on a lighter note, here's some baffling trivia I've heard.
- Did you know that the whole country of Switzerland is smaller than the state of Georgia?
- Or that the population of this entire nation is smaller than the population of Atlanta?
Dang. "Phenomenal cosmic powers, itty bitty living space."
(Name that movie?)
