Wolfgang, a diehard Switzerland fan
Montreux on the shores of Lake Geneva
About me
First name
Wolfgang
Age
70
Town/village
Munich
Dialect/language
German
At home
What are your living arrangements?
I live in a beautiful house in Munich.
I used to spend several weeks in Caux every year. I also worked and lived in Caux for one year. In Lauenen I did some private work for a joinery. I spent several days in Nax visiting a lovely Swiss couple.
I had always hoped to move to Switzerland.
Like all Germans, I love Switzerland. But from what I've heard, the Swiss don't always take too kindly to this fact. However, I'd like to reassure them that we won't all move to Switzerland for good.
I find the landscapes very inspiring and I also like the Swiss-German dialect.
My home in Munich
... breakfast with Wilhelmine.
Oozing charisma, with the sun on my back!
Style
What is your favourite piece of clothing?
Unconventional, practical, casual, conservative. However, I never wear a tie.
How would your friends describe you?
At a seminar two weeks ago, a lady said to me: "You ooze charisma". She wasn't my partner and she did say it more in passing. Of course I was thrilled but I can't really see it myself.
Someone once said that I am a bit of a loudmouth but I couldn't possibly comment!
After many years battling my inner self, I have reached a point that I am happy to be at. If I had understood God better, I could have spared myself a certain amount of anguish.
Dining with Thiri in Vevey
Food
What’s in your fridge?
Cheese, mostly goat's cheese, and farm-fresh milk.
What’s your favourite food?
Bread dumplings and red cabbage.
What is your favourite Swiss specialty?
Rösti topped with a fried egg and served with a green bean salad.
My children
On the move
How do you mostly get around (train, bike etc.)?
… by car
How do you spend your spare time?
Spending too much time on the computer; gardening; playing with my cats; more to follow later …
What do you particularly appreciate about Switzerland’s art and culture scene?
The annual Montreux Jazz Festival.
Taking the steamboat across Lake Geneva.
Walking in the great outdoors.
Zurich and its beautiful shops.
Original Swiss artwork
Typically Swiss
What, in your view, is "typically Swiss"?
Swiss cheese with the biggest holes!
Swiss chocolate, particularly the Lindt chocolate and coconut bar.
Swiss mountains and the stunning valleys.
The Swiss franc and the nervous Swiss banks.
Swiss customs - enough said!
The Swiss flag. Not to be confused with the "Red Cross"!
The Rütli Oath: We shall be a single[1] people of brethren, never to part in danger nor distress.
We shall be free, just as our fathers were.
And rather die than live in slavery.
We shall trust in the one highest God
and never be afraid of human power.
What is "typically Swiss" about you?
Freedom, truthfulness, fairness, responsibility for the welfare of all.
What aspects of life in Switzerland do you consider modern and innovative?
That its citizens have the right to decide what they do and do not want.
The newly founded "Integrale Politik" movement (party?).