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This one was taken in Switzerland, up in the alps. I think it's only a half hour drive from Zurich. I don't remember the exact name, but I definitely want to visit this place someday. It looks very peaceful, and the combination of quaint buildings, abundant greens, and massive mountains makes seem less like a location on Earth and more like the setting of a fairy tale.
But it's a very real place, and it really makes me wonder about what it's like to live there. In big cities, it feels like everyone's always in a hurry or stressed out about something. I konw the people living there have their problems too, but it just looks like an environment that has a kind of inherent soothing effect.
I wonder what they do for a living, too. I doubt a majority of the population there is retired. Are they mostly simple jobs like carpentry or baking, or do they commute to the bigger ciites? After all, Switzerland is relatively small, about 1/10th the area of California.
Even though it looks picturesque and idyllic, I'm sure some of them also wonder about what life is like in other places, too. I think it's just human nature to be intrigued by what we don't have. But there are a lot of things in my life I should be grateful for and I often take them for granted. Maybe I'd see that my own life doesn't look too different from this place in the alps.
