I took these pictures yesterday (Tuesday). Whenever it's not raining outside, people all come outside during their lunch hour to enjoy the nice weather. On any weekday, between 12 and 1pm, every single outdoor bench, wall, and chair has a person sitting on it and every single walkway is filled with people out walking or strolling while eating their lunch. There are people running and cycling too. Nobody wastes a single moment of their lunch hour indoors when the sun is out!
This is also what sitting by the lake would look like on a weekend afternoon. Not in the mornings, as the Swiss enjoy sleeping extremely late, but around 2 or 3pm it would be this busy.
Just a scenic shot across the lake:
And people are out paddling around on paddleboats, which you can rent:
Maybe these people don't work? Or maybe they have longer lunch breaks (I've heard some companies here give up to 3 hours for mid-day breaks). That gives them plenty of time to rent a paddleboat for a few hours to enjoy the sunshine on the lake. Though they could also be tourists. Last weekend on the train Martin and I sat across from two young women who had just finished their spring semester of college in the U.S. and were traveling Europe for awhile. It's prime vacation time for U.S. college students.
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