Posted September 16th, 2005 at 5:47PMThursday morning, bright and early at 6am, we got onto the bus and headed toward Switzerland. Our destination? Geneva, to tour the UN and attend several lectures. The ride there was approximately three hours, and wouldn’t have been that bad, but for the fact that we wore formal attire, which is generally hot, uncomfortable, and has the side effect of making one look like a total jackass.
Once we got to Geneva, we were processed, given UN badges, and taken on a tour. The tourguide was entertaining, the tour itself a bit bland but worthwhile anyway. Afterwards, we ate at the UN cafeteria, where it began.
The prices were fucking outrageous. And they use bullshit monopoly money (Swiss Francs). The food was alright, I got lucky with the eggplant parmesan. After we were fucked over at the cafeteria, we attended two lectures. Both were rather uninspiring and unmemorable. A whole lot of idyllic, “this is how the UN works, and look at all we accomplish” bullshit. I could dig out the itinerary if you’re really interested.
Afterwards, we checked into our hotels (another monumental letdown, and I was in the better of the two!), and then ate fondue. Yes, apparently in Switzerland, dipping bread on a stick into a huge vat of cheese is considered a meal (a very expensive meal, at approximately 25 Swiss Francs per person). It was an odd experience, that I didn’t really hate or enjoy. They added wine to the cheese, which really gave it a peculiar taste. Disappointment number…. I dunno, who’s counting?
Afterwards, the Ugly Americans were let loose into the city. And we lived up to the hype. Starting out in a huge group, a few of us splintered off. People came and went throughout the night. At first, we visited a convenience store, where the guy told us that the sale of alcohol after nine was prohibited (in liquor and convenience stores, and the ilk). With five minutes to spare, we were faced with an important decision.
I went with the cheapest vodka that Swiss Francs can buy. Some crap from Poland, which still came to an embarrassing 22 Francs. Then we went to a bar, for a round. We sat outside, and although I knew it wasn’t kosher, I was trying to keep some semblance of a budget. So I did not go in and order a pint, but rather sipped from my bottle from time to time.
After probably forty-five minutes, and five or six other people buying a round, the bartender came outside and grabbed the bottle from my hand, saying something in French, and walking back inside. Asshole number one.
He was also over-charging everyone. We don’t speak French, but we can fucking count. I was resolute that if I didn’t see my vodka again, he wouldn’t be seeing any of the glass beer steins (which were quite nice, actually). Unfortunately, I am still stein-less. We walked back to a hotel room, and did what people do. Drink, talk, and watch a Tupac marathon. Oh, and there was also this wonderful roundtable discussion on the tv involving Bono, Bill Clinton, Paul Wolfowitz, and the Queen of Jordan, among others. Eclectic cast, to be sure. In the end, I managed to trash my hotel room a bit. Unintentional, of course. Who’s smart idea was it to put the glasses on the edge of the sink in the bathroom?
I woke up, felt horrible, and attended another two lectures at the UN. Which I remember even less of than the first two the previous day. But by the time they were over, I was feeling chipper, and with four hours to spare before traveling back to Freiburg, I decided to walk around in a small pack of Americans, eating falafel and watching swans (we found a dead one). Also went to the top of a church (The guy charging admission? Total dick). The view was outstanding.
Ultimately, Geneva seemed to be full of overpriced, crappy food. Expensive brand-name watches, suits, and of course, knives. Sad, balding men with small penises driving Lamborghinis, Ferraris, and Bentleys. It’s a town full of naive, idealistic UN bureaucrats, and the parasites who feed off of them.
Oh, and everyone spoke French. I actually felt glad to be back in Freiburg where people speak German. At the very least, I know what language I’m not understanding, as people try to talk to me.
The short and sweet? Geneva — an expensive town full of assholes. Speaking French.
I say nay.
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This is why foreign countries are bad and why America is so good. Plus, we don’t really like French people here.
Damn skippies.
//Watching Red Dawn (1984)
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This post sort of makes me look bad, but the title is more of an inside joke with a few people who’ll never actually read this. But.. eh, whatever.
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Stupid american moron
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French-speaking asshole
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHA SWISS PEOPLES!!!
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Switzerland is a shithole. I am not even american but I think swiss people are the worst assholes on this planet, cold, rude to foreigners, and only care about money and themselves. They now have huge problems, their reputation is going to hell because they ran so many racist campaigns against foreigners in the last few months (poster with brown and black hands grabbing swiss passports, poster with white sheep kicking a black sheep off a swiss flag, etc. etc.)
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I shit myself laughing….very funny. A shithole….hahaha.worst asholes….hahah.so funny.cold rude and evil people…yes. very amusing.
Always nice to read how foreingers see our little country.Call me EVIL.hahhaha.
I m really bad wowhwhwowo.
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That’s the spirit.
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Switzerland is not anything else than a POISONED PARADISE. It is just disgusting.
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Living in geneva for a long time now I can only agree with the analsysis above about this shit-hole, expensive and full of bureaucrats. They are ready to sell their own people for money, nothing else counts. Now they earn what they desserve, with the banking secret falling apart…this will become funny now.
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yeah the swiss suck any dick for a dolla.
just watch your back, they like to stab their knives into it.
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LOOOOOOOOL SWISS FRANCS GAMBLING MONEY!!!!!
That’s the spirit to show these racist morons a lesson.
Oh yeah and btw some Muslim guy insulted Switzerland, saying it should get split!
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i have to add something to my rant.
you know why swiss people are so horrible?
i was talking to the portier at my hotel in nyc about how much i hate switzerland and he said something very smart, i had never thought about. Swiss people are like germans but they dont have the shame of the nazi time over their heads.
Its true, they are assholes like germans, only a german person cant say i hate foreigners because of the 3rd reich. A swiss person, even if they took the money off all the jews and didn’t allow them asylum, they don’t have this shame, they were never prosecuted for their crimes in the WWII. They were the nice neutral country, that feared the germans. My ass they were, all the money they have is because they keep the jewish money, which they stole, and the money of all the dictators of the world, which they would never give back after the dictatorship ends.
I HATE FUCKIN SWITZERLAND
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Fuck America, Fuck Yugoslavia. I don’t give a damn what a stupid american hater says. Proud to be swiss! Is it possible for an american to be proud? No way… haha! America is the devil of the world… but time’s up, the middle east is coming!!!! HAHAHAH… Go kill urself…
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People the problem with you all, is the fact you are too fast to judge, too ignorant to behave and frankly your arguments are all racist and wrong.
The Americans are good.
The Germans are now good.
The Swiss have always been good.
and the Brits… Well its difficult giving up half of the world but they created good.
Look within yourself before writing this negative c**p, I work for an American company, Live in Lausanne Switzerland and am British.
Live long and prosper..
And dont forget Dota Allstars FTW “” Charlie_Bronson”"
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Fuck you fucking fat americunts. Your fucking doallar is monopoly money. Our economy is superior and well, we aren’t all fat here. Fuck you fucking fatfucks.
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I know you played the odds, but you lost this time around – I ain’t no fatty. But you’re still Swiss.
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@ Charlie Bronson
ha ha ha- cool- you really made me laugh. Well the British always had humor. You rock mate
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I broke up with a guy in 2005 and he was half Swiss. His father and himself, and the whole of their extended family actually, are easily the most self-righteous, arrogant, chauvinistic, power and money hungry morons I have ever encountered. Both suffer from severe emotional poverty and proved themselves to be both interpersonally inept and very shallow in general. Awful, hateful, disrespectful, egotistical, unwilling to shoulder blame etc – horrible, horrible, horrible. I feel that there are clearly personality disorders at play here, but many of these are very Swiss traits anyway. Money and status factor way higher than family in their eyes. The females I encountered were dull, catty and snooty. The men and women were all so unstylish too, both personality and appearance wise. If you expect give and take, interest, fun, light heartedness and genuine affection in a relationship, FOLKS – NEVER DATE A SWISS!
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You both must be stupid, black, homosexual American Jews or American Muslims.
Exactly what we don’t want around here and what was nicely taken care of in a neighbouring country not such a long time ago!
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Aggree. Switzerland sucks ass.
(nature is ok, only people suck ass.)
Just go to austria next time
“from European dude
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“Fuck America, Fuck Yugoslavia. I don’t give a damn what a stupid american hater says. Proud to be swiss! Is it possible for an american to be proud? No way… haha! America is the devil of the world… but time’s up, the middle east is coming!!!! HAHAHAH… Go kill urself…”
see.. thas the ass in you speaking (with farty sounds)
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LMFAO!
you guys are fucking stupid. I mean all of you! ( except for Charlie bronson and some others..) (Y)
You dont have a clue of what is happening in switzerland.
You guys dont know anything about switzerland, thats what makes all the bullshit that you wrote so funny.
I know its wrong, that we voted yes for to the minaret initiative.
But that doesnt mean switzerland’s racist.
most of the people who were against the initiative didnt vote, and the ones who were for the initiative voted. that was the problem.
and i must admit , SVP is fucking racist!! BUT that doesnt mean that whoooolee switzerland is.
we’ve got also other parties that are good, and that are NOT RACIST, OK???
this country has got problems , like every other country!
oh and the american who wrote something in this blog just should be quiet and mind your own business. you got enough of other problems, but youre lucky you got such a great president …love Obama!
oh yea and Esme: i think youre the dumbest in here!, there are good people, and bad people in switzerland!. just because your ex boyfriend and his family were assholes it doesnt mean all swiss people are like that.
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there are good people in every country , and there are also bad people in every country. so just shut up ey!
same for you goranl whatever.
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I’m from miami,and I recently visited switzerland and I found the people there so rude and unwelcoming.I ended up leaving 4days early than I originally intended.sorry but the people there sucks ass!I was so fed up towards the end of my trip,I lost all my home training and blew a fuse on anyone who crossed me.
Yours truly
P.Smith
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i studied in switzerland for 1 year f****ng year!
people are arrogant, rude, shovinistic and racist! they think they can everything with money. they don’t care about u. when u r ok, they r with u. hate swiss people!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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