Ways To Celebrate Crossing The Swiss Border

1. Take a gander at the colorful CHE currency! Unlike the rather staid Euros, Swiss Francs are psychedelically vivid.

2. When your diet says fondon’t, the Swiss say fondue. This savory dish of melted cheese is a national indulgence. Watch it expand your waistline as it expands your soul.

3. Make time more whimsical. Switzerland, birthplace of the cuckoo clock, may be just the place to burst out in song and dance with each passing hour.

4. Open a Swiss bank account. Or don’t. But you know you’ve thought about it.

5. The hills are alive! Try your hand—and lips—at yodeling.

6. Speak softly, but carry a big… knife? They may be notoriously neutral, but let’s not forget the Swiss Army Knife. Revel in the paradox with one of your own.

7. Multilingualize yourself. The Swiss have four official languages (German, French, Italian, and Rheto-Romansch); most citizens are proficient in three or more.

8. Scale one of the small nation’s beautiful alps and build some killer calves.

9. Feast on Toblerone and/or Lindor and wander about Bern in a chocolate-induced stupor.

10. Love humanity: home to the Red Cross and the UN, this peaceful nation can bring out the softer side of the sourest of scrooges.