Switzerland is beautiful. There are many similarities to Alaska: high mountains, high prices, scenery, not that many people, lots of tunnels. There are differences too: one can get across the entire Switzerland by car in several hours, especially in the north-to-south direction.

This is still all Switzerland.

This tunnel is almost 10 miles long!

Этот тоннель составляет почти 17 км в длину!

And the weather is different on the other side of the tonnel.

И на другой стороне тоннеля погода совсем другая.

Chewing gum wall, Seattle/Стена налепленной жвачки, Сиэттл

There is a chewing gum wall by the Pike Place market in Seattle, WA. Although the concept may be disgusting, it looks like a form of art. Not so long ago there was news about the massive wall cleanup, but any cleanup probably re-invigorated the interest and new visitors.

В Сиэттле есть стена недалеко от набережной где все лепят жвачку. Вот так выглядит. Вроде бы и фу, но как-то эстетично. Недавно вроде ее отчистили, но наверняка уже там опять поналепили нового.