[Rosie] You may not know that you have to pay an annual tax in order to be allowed to drive on motorways in Switzerland at all, even if you are only passing through the country. Also, it's very hard to get in and out of Switzerland without using a stretch of motorway. Cunning, eh!

[Phil] Yeah - the payment covers January to December rather than a rolling 12-month period from the date of purchase, so if you buy it in October you've been done out of two-thirds of the benefits already, and the sticker they give you to show you've paid the highway robbery tax doesn't peel off either. Hmmph.

(Phil, pen) What a horrible little place, and in so many other ways as well.

Oh, I quite liked it...once I learnt to love efficiency.

[Phil] Your previous: Even Steve McQueen found out that, and he was only riding a motorcycle.