Saturday, June 30, 2007

june 30: things you learn in a Swiss movie theater

so after a day of wander around the uber-expensive city of Zurich, I decided that the lowest cost thing I could do tonight would be to see Die Hard 4. As with most of the rest of Europe, seats are assigned here. I like that. buy the ticket early, show up when you want. other things I noticed:

1: commercials before movie. not too strange except there was a commercial that said something about hillary clinton being president and us leaving Iraq. it was for the newspaper. Isnt this a neutral nation??

2: they have intermission. not a bad idea, but it makes long movies longer.

3: they force you to exit into the alley. hopefully you know your way out.


other random observations:
* to encourage people to bring their own bags to the grocery store, the only free bags are tiny. like the size of 4 apples.
*they actually card minors to buy alcohol here. I watched it happen
*they have advertising on their creamers. you know, the little things for coffee. ive seen ads everywhere, but on breakfast items? i wonder if America is aware of the untapped ad revenue at meal time....

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Good work on the blog, hope you are enjoying the rest of your trip, talk to you when you get back home.