What lies Beneath ? ....?

 

High Above the Ground, in an Oncoming Summer, Purple Night Sky. Somewhere in the Urbanisations of ZURICH, Switzerland.
We must look down, further, than to what the eye can see.

Into THE WATER........ 

  

 

This Place does exist.  It is called : " Jules Undersea Lodge " inspired by The Jules Verne Books.
" Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea " is probably one of the most famous books, written by The French author, in 1870.

The above, is a Submarine Hotel, located in Key Largo, Florida, USA.

NOT, Switzerland, unfortunately.

I mean WHAT a place to write from !   :)

Look again...

  

And, now Look at....This....

Which could be virtually anywhere in the world ....Incidently, we have now moved from Salt Water, to, err....Fresh Water.
Namely to : ZURICH LAKE.

Every Year, about 90 TONS OF RUBBISH is pulled out of this Swiss Lake.

Every 2 Years Lake Zurich has a Full Clean-Up.
Unfortunately...they... do not have the...resources.....to do it more often, like in some other places, in SWITZERLAND.

90 TONS OF RUBBISH, like the Bicycle pictured above....
Is DUMPED by Swiss People.
Into one of...their.....errhm...
" Precious "  LAKES...??? !!! ??? !!!

A Staggeringly Grim Picture.

All this, From what is considered to be :
One of the Cleanest City`s in the World.
And.
One of the Cleanest Country`s in the World.
Switzerland.
Yes.
( Roll out the INCREDULOUS, but TRUE (?) Cliché....)

This AMOUNT of Human Made Rubbish, hidden away from the Naked Eye; well; mostly, as Zurich Lake does look very clean, both from a Distance, and Close-Up.
Gets to you....thinking....
That :
Any Nationality, Any Country.....whatever is said, shown, or hidden...
...Dumps Rubbish....



To many, the following is Rubbish ( albeit a totally other kind of ).
But, Perhaps The Entry from FINLAND, should have Won this Year`s Eurovision Song Contest ?
In this Surprisingly, Beautiful, and, Tragically.. True.. Song :


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SA5Vno4Z43M

Until Next Time. Thanks For Reading.
Yours CFC x

How Low can you Go ??



CHEESE  CHEESE  OH  -  GLORIOUS CHEESE !!


(  unless u hate the stuff, except on Pizza, or are Lactose Intolerant, then I guess it really, truly is a Poison, err, and NO Joke....)

Not going to talk about the British Created above : " Wallace and Gromit ", and their, well, strong relationship with the stuff !
But, could not resist a reference to them, at this point.  ;-)

After all, this is, err " Penned " in SWITZERLAND.

So, what more can we DISCOVER about CHEESE, without, erhm ; Labouring le Sujet...

Welcome to : PRO MONTAGNA.
A Swiss Farming Organisation, which Supports Alpine Farmers, their Way of Life, and Well-Being.
Whose Slogan could go as :
"  For Our Mountains.  For Our Farmers.  "

Because, much as, sadly...everywhere else...almost....
In Switzerland, these Farmers Way of Life, and ORGANIC Farming  (known as BIO here ) is also threatenend by the Bad Side, of "THE BIG BAD BEAST"  known as :
Modern Life...??

PRO MONTAGNA - are for Preserving The Swiss Mountains, which Nourish and Look after their Inhabitants, via the Pure Richness of Nature that can be found there.

You only have to take a few looks at THE SWISS COUNTRYSIDE ( not so much in Winter, by the way !! )
To see and breathe the ABSOLUTE Fertility of it all.
It is literally " Popping With " LUSHNESS.  Almost as if it were (again, very sadly)....err : fake...?
But, it is most definitely NOT !

These Alpine Farmers make, yes - CHEESE, of course !
The PRO MONTAGNA BRAND of Cheeses - Are Cheeses which have EARNED their Name.
So it says :

These pictures are from the Adverts, for Pro-Montagna Cheeses, sold in the Swiss SUPERMARKET CHAIN, whose name is : COOP.
For every Cheese Sold, COOP will give back to This Mountain Farming Community, so that the Farmers, and Regions can continue to do, what they do, and quite sincerely have been doing so for many, many years...
All of this, also gives...Everyone... a Bit of Swiss Culture. 

AND... Each Pro Montagna Cheese will LITERALLY TELL U at which ALTITUDE it was made.

For example.
The one on the left was made at : 1.475 Metres Altitude !
The one on the right was made at : 930 Metres Altitude !
The Selection on the List goes on :

Now, maybe you are a : Cheese Conaisseur ?
If so, then perhaps, this may come, as nothing particularly new to you ?

But, to not only pick your Cheese -
on Taste, Suitability for what you will be Eating it with, Price, and NOW -  ALTITUDE ??? !!
Goodness, Math-Thoog-Ness ??!!!


Got so many Decisions to Make.....

Gonna have to Sleep on it...

Until Next Time.  Thanks For Reading.
Yours, CFC x