The agony of defeat
Today is Sunday, which means -- of course -- that absolutely nothing is open. Well, practically nothing -- maybe a half dozen or so small grocery stores are open. Swiss people find this state of affairs perfectly normal and, I guess, find ways to entertain themselves that don't involve eating, buying or doing anything. As far as I can tell, they don't even stray from their homes. Here's a picture I took at 2:00 PM at "Place de la Palud," pretty much dead in the center of town. Fig. 1: This town... is looking like a ghost town... Under normal circumstances, I would probably take the train somewhere or go for a hike or something. Today, though, I am not planning on doing anything that might require moving or flexing any of my muscles. Why? Well, the simple answer is because I'm an idiot. Here's how it went down. My officemate (Jens, the German) noticed that I had packed a pair of court shoes in my lugage (all of my lugage was in my office for a while...