The Swiss, even if you happen to meet someone, greet you warmly, like most Europeans. But if you turned to someone, were forced to ask about something, then they do it as if all life was preparing for this.
It was this component of European culture that amazed and amazes me most of all. The Swiss, as I said, are obsessed with beauty, that's why everything is so beautiful with them and so many flowers are everywhere - and in the same way, human feelings and signs of attention are also manifested in this country in an unusually beautiful and sincere form - even in such behavier they look like great artists: a completely random person at a fleeting meeting with you - even if he almost did not say anything to you - can prove himself so that you will remember this meeting for a long time, or maybe never forget as an instant unexpected explosion of sympathy, respect and goodwill.
With their behavior and attitude, they seem to paint in our souls the same pictures and canvases that inspire us so much when we encounter the work of a real master.
Basel-Bishkek, 2019
Photo: "Unknown beauty" by Rubens.