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The country is situated in Western Europe, where it is bordered by Germany to the north, France to the west, Italy to the south and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. That's why Switzerland comprises three main linguistic and cultural regions that include German, French, and Italian. Moreover, compared with the 70 percent of the population who speaks German, 1 percent of the Swiss population speaks Romansch, which is a local language.
"But as a traveler, when you travel to Switzerland, you don't need to speak to all these four languages, if you can speak English, that's already enough, because all people in Switzerland, especially young people, they can speak quite good English. I tell you that when you travel in Switzerland, just smile, smile is really a common world language, you know. Swiss people are kind, warm hearted. When you need help, you would like to help you."
People in different language region are often marked by distinct characteristics. Feng Hui says when she's traveling in Switzerland, she has found big differences between people who speak different languages.
"For example, in German speaking area, people are more like German style, they're well-organized. They do everything as scheduled. For French speaking area, they are more Romantic, more fashion there. And in the Italian speaking area, everybody smile to you, say hello to you; you'll feel people there more open, they are quite good at designing things. A lot of artists are from this region. You'll see that's very interesting."
When it comes to quality of living, Zurich, Geneva and Bern have for years occupied top slots in international rankings.
So what is the uniqueness of these cities? Have they gotten these laurels only because of their modern facilities?
"I think they say the highest quality of life doesn't mean what we imagine here, (such as) big cities or high modern buildings. For example, Zurich is the biggest city in Switzerland, the most important commercial city in Switzerland, but when you walk in the city, you'll find it quite close to forest, but (you'll also find it) convenient for your life. The public transportation in advanced, developed, so it's very convenient to go to work, go for shopping, even go out to do some outdoor sports. The high quality (of life) also means the air quality, the water, good environmental protection. You'll find they have very peaceful life. And they enjoy their life together with the nature I should say. According to some statistics, Swiss people, they work hardest persons in the whole Europe. But on the other hand, after work they are really (know how to) enjoy their life.
