SGS: Geography and climate

Small sideways, pointy upwards. Meaning: the surface area of any normal country has, in Switzerland's case, gotten scrumpled up into rather a lot of mountains covering not very much square mileage. As a result, there's always snow somewhere, though you might not be able to get to it. As far as I've been able to tell*, Switzerland has a near perfect climate: warm summers, crisp snowy winters, lots of sunshine and clear blue skies all year round, not too much wind. I've visited in every season and it's always been gorgeous in one way or another.

As you might guess from looking at a map, the German part covers most of the north, central and eastern regions; the French are to the west; the Italians to the south; and the 1% of a Rhaeto-Romanic persuasion are probably in a tree hut somewhere. Who knows. I've had limited exposure to the French and Italians, but have heard tell that the French Swiss are mad party people (I find this slightly hard to believe) and the Italians have managed to blend Swiss lunacy with Italian charm to create heaven on earth. Go south. Then send me a lifeline.

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* And as Beloved would have you believe, but don't listen to him. He has been known to assert that "it's always sunny in London". He is evidently even nuttier than other Swiss.