Got the cable modem delivered this week! And again I had to learn again that the Swiss like to do things their very own way. This must not necessarily be a better one, important is that it is different to the rest of Europe.
You know that little Gallic village with Asterix and Obelix and that whole crowd? That is here!!! Although few more people, but still resistant to adopt any inventions by those bloody Romans (=EU-countries).
Switzerland has own plugs (energy). Here is one explanation why: There are 200.000 Germans that do live here in approx. 150.000 households. Every household bought maybe 6 adapters to use its toaster, vacuum cleaner, micro wave... whatsoever. An adapter costs in average 8 CHF (a cheap China-import plastic thing with total costs of maybe 0,30 cents). 150.000 x 6 x 8 = 7.200.000 CHF just for that! A compensation for the low taxes? ;-)

However, when I tried to set-up my WLAN at home my router did not work with the cable modem they sent to me. After some investigations I found a label on the bottom of my device that stated "For world wide use, ... excluding Switzerland".
Before you ask: our car does actually drive with the fuel they sell here ;-)

But hey, the pros certainly outweigh the cons! For instance the Friday evening beer on our new balcony ...


...and the view over the lake on the brightly lit coast on the other side: