To me it seems that the Swiss take their holidays and games seriously, and that usually means that just about every thing and person is branded with the celebration of the week. The Eurocup 2008 is just about over here, so football craziness seems to be dying down a bit. The Hopp Schwitz* candy bars were on sale and the bakeries are no longer making breads shaped like little soccer balls. Now we're moving into Swiss Day season.
I went to the store this morning to get things for breakfast--chocolate museli, bananas, strawberry yogurt and about half a dozen chocolate bars. Swiss National Holiday is August 1st so they've started putting out all the Swiss-y stuff. Swiss candles, Swiss lanterns, fireworks, Swiss flags, Swiss hats and Swiss Chicken Nuggets. That's right, chicken nuggets in little cross shapes. Wish I could send some of those home.
*Hopp apparently can't be translated directly to English, but Hopp Schwitz means 'Go Swiss!!!' which is something you would yell at a football game. Hopp Schwitz is written on nearly Everything. Scarves, cars, food products, people.
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