It's a bit comical, but very serious. I drifted over to the German public TV network (ARD) this morning, and they had a brief news piece over Switzerland.
So, starting this morning....the Swiss authorities are highly concerned over British people who are in Switzerland. In simple terms...the police are hunting for them.
The deal? If you are British and entered the country after the 14th of December, you need to go into isolation and quarantine....for 10 days. No outdoors stuff, no bar activity, no dining out.
If you laid down a chunk of cash to fly in or drive down.....to ski through the holiday period as a Brit? Well....you are screwed with this 'order'. The ski business ends, period.
How many Brits are we talking about? The suggestion is roughly 10,000 but no one is really sure about this.
If you had some Swiss policeman at the door and giving you the ten-day order.....then what? The vacation from that point is shot. Why would you stay?
The odds of you ever returning to Switzerland? Some folks would look upon this treatment in a negative way.
The odds that 10,000 are also in the German Alps? Well....it's best not to bring up this subject.
But this brings up a key part of the discussion....once you get pissed-off and asking yourself about how to manage a screwed-up trip....how exactly do you get the hell out of Switzerland or Europe....back to England?
Some would look over the Swiss paperwork dropped off by the police and then tell the girlfriend....screw this, pack the bags and lets get into the car. They'd escape out of Switzerland and head toward the Chunnel. Would the Chunnel even be open? Unknown. A German ferry deal? Maybe, but I'd suspect they are shut-down.
So you'd be left in a pretty crappy position....no way to stay....no way to go.
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