Celebrate when Nothing Else will do
‘Swiss cities remind me of the kid at high school who’s great at sports, has perfect hair, the best girlfriend, and the teachers all love him. He’s just too perfect.’ – Rick Steves
‘I get all my ideas in Switzerland near the Forka Pass. There is a little town called Gletch, and two thousand feet up above Gletch there is a smaller hamlet called Über Gletch. I go there on the fourth of August every summer to get my cuckoo clock fixed. While the cuckoo is in the hospital, I wander around and talk to the people in the streets. They are very strange people, and I get my ideas from them.’ – Dr. Seuss
Out of the Strong came forth Celebration
The first of August is Swiss National Day. The three cantons of Unterwalden, Uri and
Schwyz had come together to form an alliance, this was the beginning for what
is to become what Switzerland is today. The
newly release of the movie William Tell tells the story of how this came to be.
The 1st of August is celebrated with speeches, music, fireworks and of course bratwurst and beer as well as
other Swiss cusine.