Today Is a Special Day For Us and for us Swiss too !

My Darling and I are married today for 7 years and still happy together!
(The picture was made 7 years ago in Key West, Florida, after our marriage)

Happy Birthday my Switzerland - it's our National Day today!
I'm very proud to be a Swiss and I have learned to appreciate my Country since I'm living as an expat in the U.S.!


Switzerland
(English pronunciation: [ˈswɪtsə(r)lənd] (help·info); German: Schweiz, French: Suisse, Italian: Svizzera, Romansh: Svizra), officially the Swiss Confederation (Confoederatio Helvetica in Latin, hence its ISO country codes CH and CHE), is a landlocked alpine country of roughly 7.6 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km². Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called cantons. Berne is the seat of the federal authorities, while the country's economic centres are its two global cities, Geneva and especially Zürich. Switzerland is one of the richest countries in the world.

It is bordered by Germany, France, Italy, Austria and Liechtenstein. Switzerland has a long history of neutrality — it has not been at war since 1815 — and hosts many international organizations, including the Red Cross, the World Trade Organization and one of the U.N.'s two European offices. Switzerland is multilingual and has four national languages: German, French, Italian and Romansh. The country's formal name is Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft in German, Confédération suisse in French, Confederazione Svizzera in Italian and Confederaziun svizra in Romansh. The establishment of Switzerland is traditionally dated to August 1, 1291; the first of August is the national holiday.

Read more about Switzerland here
http://scour.com/view/result/?URL=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland

Please go also to my Swiss Blog
http://all-about-switzerland.blogspot.com
to read more about the Swiss and how they celebrate their National Day today!