Monday, June 22, 2009

Ya gotta love the swiss

I have a friend from the nearish town of Bulle. It's a cool town, but it's main feature is that it's on the way to historic and cheese-making Gruyere. This results in some major traffic for the 15k citizens of wee Bulle. So for the last 20 years they've been debating on a solution. There's plenty of farmland around, but no one wants to sell. So? So, you tunnel under the city that's what you do. The originally gigantic budget has already doubled during the process, but everyone seems happy with this arrangement. So next time you venture to Gruyere, don't expect to see lovely Bulle. There's a lot of cities in the tops of the Alps, but this is the first to be on the top of your car on the top of the Alps. At least the first I know of.

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