280/356: Audi FIS Ski Weltcup Finale Lenzerheide

What a glorious day!

I went to my first ski racing event and it was such a great experience. Yes it did mean that I had to get up at 05:30 and yes I did a total of six hours on the train just that day but I wouldn't want to have missed the experience.

Skiing is pretty big in Switzerland, as you might have guessed. So we are pretty good at it and the sport is pretty popular. They show all the races throughout the winter and somewhere around December I decided that I wanted to see a race live and got tickets for the last race of the season.

What I failed to notice though, was the fact that it would be pretty much on the other side of Switzerland. I didn't think about this until the day before so I just surrendered to the fact that I would spend a lot of time on the train. Since I like riding the train it wasn't that big of a deal.

I was lucky enough to get a great day. The sun was out and not a cloud to be seen anywhere. The men's race wasn't very interesting because the swiss didn't achieve anything but the women's race was a different story.

It was the last race of one of the Swiss skiers. She started the race as second and put a time on the board that would last until the very end. She ended up in third place. Oh dem feels! It was great to witness this. But it didn't end there. Lara Gut managed to do even better and won the race. So in the end we had two ladies on the podium. It was a great day even without having a swiss win anything, having two of them in the first three made the day perfect.

This day will be one of the greater memories of my little project. Neede some more of these before I end it in about 70 days.

232/356: Beertasting; Chopfab

Beer!

Who doesn't love beer? 

This one is from Globus and as a general rule, any food that comes out of Globus, usually has a very good quality. It is the same with this beer. There is not too much information on the label so I can't say much about it but I was really pleased by how it tasted. 

Yeah just catching up now.. not saying much.. a few good one's a head. 

184/356: Dude The Beer

After school, on my way to fix my mom's computer (a problem that I caused myself *sigh*) and just a few hours before we had to hand in our project. I guess I don't have to say that I didn't have much time for exciting stuff.

So off I went to try a new craft beer. This one is, as it seems, from Switzerland. It was quite strong, in alcohol as well as taste. I am usually not a big fan of beers like that but this one was quite alright.

Also love the packaging ;)

sorry for the pictures.. taken with a potato

154/356: Voting

At the age of 30 I have finally voted for the first time.

Considering that we vote on something at least every 6 months, this should have happened a lot earlier. I really have no excuse for not doing it any earlier. We are lucky to have such a direct democracy and I should partake in it more often. 

This time I am voting because there is a vote on a bill that I feel very strongly about. The proposition is, to only allow the highest salary in a company to be 12 times of what the lowest salary in that company is. 

In general I think it is a good idea and I could support it, if it wasn't just Switzerland doing this. The high salary's, especially the one the bill wants to battle, are the management ones. Those employs are usually on the global market and the salary is not that high because the company's enjoy paying them that but because the market dictates them. That is capitalism at work my friends.
If Switzerland gets this law, the company's in Switzerland will have a disadvantage compared to the company's in other countries. So what will happen? The big company's will leave Switzerland and settle somewhere else. Bye bye Google, bye bye Nestle, etc. 

So all this bill will do, is to make the unemployment rate higher. At least this is what will happen in my opinion. So I am voting no. Of course everybody is entitled to their own opinion but I feel like this is a very bad idea. 

More power to the people, go vote!

ps: if you want to know more about how swiss democracy works, go here. There is a nice little video there. 

126/356: Unser Bier

No buskers AGAIN.. I swear this is a conspiracy against me. And this after I have been saving coins all week. Oh well, back to beer it is then...

This time around it is a Swiss beer. It's from Basel to be exact. The name "Unser Bier" means "Our Beer". I am guessing this is from a micro brewery but I am not sure. It tasted like it was from a micro brewery. It had quite a pleasant taste actually.

7/356: Holundria

Wooooo, first milestone. A whole week of a daily new experience. I do have to admit this is harder than anticipated. If I didn't have a daily routine I have to stick too (work you know..) it would be much easier. Nothing that I did different so far has really changed all that much but I do feel a bit refreshed.

Sometimes I did two firsts a day just because I wasn't sure if I was going to get around to the one I had planned and I wanted to be sure. For example I have had a local Beer and a Soda which I never had before but didn't bother to mention it separately.

So today.. as I am writing this.. quarter past four pm.. I have no idea what today's new experience will be. I will have to figure that out on my way home.... 

... well crap... I swear I don't want this to be a food/drink tasting blog. The thing I wanted to do today had to be postponed to another day because I had to get some stuff at the supermarket and my hands were full.

So instead of doing something not food or drink related, I am having a Holundria right now.

They call it a whitewine soda. Sounds weird, tastes better than expected. The Name derives from Elderberry and that's really what it tastes like. A sweet white wine with a distinct note of elderberry. It's not half bad. A bit feminine maybe...