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Let’s talk about money

You are amazing ! The result of my commentathon : 67 CHF to give to my favorite shelter !

Thank you from the bottom of my heart !

Cathy Keisha asked us in her comment : is a CHF anything like a green paper in another color ?

Yes, it is. CHF is the acronym for Swiss franc, the currency of Switzerland. We have coins, and we have papers in several colors.

According to M. Internet, 1 CHF = 1,4 CAD = 1 USD = 0,9 EUR = 1,5 AUD = 1,6 NZD aujourd’hui.

Here are the coins :

Swiss coins
MadGeographer / Public domain

And the banknotes :

The average salary is 6000 CHF in Switzerland, but the cost of living is one of the highest in the world. You’ll find here how far 6000 francs really get you.

Sources images :
1000 – 50 – 20 : Manuela Pfrunder, Swiss National Bank / Public domain
200 – 100 – 10 : Schweizer Nationalbank / Public domain

Back to school (COVID style)

Schools are reopening this Monday in Switzerland, so Claire and the leadership team spent the week organizing all this in collaboration with the police, local authorities, and school staff.

In the canton of Vaud, the return will be done by half-class ; students will go to school every other day. The rules of social distancing must be respected between adults, and between adults and children. There are pages and pages that detail how to comply with health measures at school, and it will have to be done in one way or another.

The Federal Council published a video for children in all national languages, as well as in English :

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I am still confined as you can see, but I will watch carefully how it goes !

Visit to Aquatis

A few weeks ago, our humans went to visit Aquatis.

Aquatis is the largest freshwater aquarium-vivarium in Europe, and is located in Lausanne, 40 kilometres from us.

Aquatis presents 5 biozones and 12 natural environments from all over the world ; the visitor discovers different freshwater ecosystems from all continents along the route, and is aware of their specificity and fragility, which must absolutely be preserved.

Let us introduce you to some Aquatis tenants :