Chocolate, Watches and Logs

Switzerland, to the uniniated, means chocolate, watches and trains etc.....

There was a lot of talk a few weeks about the Lugano Chocolate Festival.

There were posters on the side of the road, adverts in the papers, it was an exciting (ish) topic of conversation at work. 

So, last Saturday we thought we'd do the tourist thing and check it out because a festival of swiss chocolate just has to be very exciting.............

 The Swiss Chocolate Festival. All of it.
 It displayed all the same chocolate you buy in the convenience (and warmth) of a supermarket but at twice the price.
We did however buy some chocolate. It was very nice and came from Belgium.

Lugano is quite a nice shopping town as it has shops that open all day with marginally helpful and friendly staff  (by Ticino standards) and generally has a good vibe about it. There is also a huge amount of money......



.....the shop name should be in inverted commas as it's exactly what you say when you see the price of some of their goods...



"CHRIST"

Switzerland is also renowned for its engineering prowess and quite rightly too.

It's something they are very very good at. 

Often the simplest solution is the best but sometimes....

Simple = Scary

An expertly engineered log.
Lets hope there's no service ducts underneath it.
We avoid walking anywhere near this building but the locals seem oblivious to its potential imminent collpase.