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There was a special report in a newspaper yesterday on the effects of a strong Swiss franc on Switzerland’s economy. It wasn’t that long ago that I went to Switzerland twice , and I know a few people living there, so I could relate the article to a few of my personal experiences. 昨天讀報談到 瑞士法郎大幅升值 如何影響瑞士經濟，我不久前 到過瑞士兩次 ，也認識一些在瑞士的人，所以讀後甚有共鳴。 Before the Swiss franc has reached such crazy heights as today's, Switzerland is already rather (in)famous for its high prices. My friend who is studying for a PhD in Switzerland came for a weekend break in Munich during last year’s Oktoberfest in September, and everywhere he went he would remark how cheap the prices were in Munich. My other friends and I joked that he must have become a millionaire since moving to Switzerland! 瑞士法郎還沒有今日如此瘋癲時，物價之貴已舉世聞名，在瑞士唸博士的朋友， 去年九月 趁啤酒節來慕尼黑過周未時，所到之處他總會說：「怎麼這裡的物價會這樣便宜？」我和其他朋友都取笑道，他一定是成了大富豪了！ This January when I went with another friend for a visit to Konstanz , I still remember vividly how the roads in

I haven’t looked after my blog for a while now because I’ve had various important things to take care of, including a trip in which I attended a conference in the USA at the end of June and went to the lab in Munich for another work trip. Now I’ve finally found the time to pick up my writing habits again. 早一整子為了不同的事情忙，包括準備六月底往美國開會議和七月中回慕尼黑公幹做實驗，網誌也因此荒廢，但現在終於可以再寫一點點了。 Apart from the conference, my time in the US also gave me a rare chance to meet up with the Chinese friends whom I met during my years working in Munich, all at once. 在美國除了開會議外，還跟一眾當年在慕尼黑認識的中國人朋友再次聚首，真夠難得。 The conference was held at a place north of Boston, and flying there from Australia necessitates a change at the West Coast, so I decided to make San Francisco my stop-over point (23rd June) and visit a friend working at Stanford to kick-start my round-the-world trip. 會議在波士頓以北舉行，乘飛機從澳洲出發，須在西岸轉換航班，所以便決定取道三藩市（6月23日），順道到史丹褔（Stanford）探朋友，開展我的環遊世界之旅。 The San Francisco Bay Area (i.e. the metropolitan area of San Franc