Cheese v Music

Just had a rather nice cheese sandwhich, which made me reflect a bit upon my love for cheese and how it's one of the things that makes me not want to leave Switzerland right away. Sweden's got some nice cheeses - Västerbotten, mature Prästost and.... yes, that's it. Sweden's got two nice cheeses. Switzerland has got... well... even if I'd tasted them all I'm not sure I'd manage to count them. There is an infinite number of nice cheeses in Switzerland, Gruyere obviously being the most famous one. Emmenthaler, however, does not qualify on my list. I've never liked it and I never will. It's Switzerland's equivalent to Grevé.

Sweden's lack of good cheese is however upweighed by an unusually great music scene, something that Switzerland lacks. Now that I think about it, I have so far only found two Swiss bands worth listening to: The Proteins and Crackerbarrel. So I guess you could say that Proteins and Crackerbarrel are Switzerland's Västerbotten and Prästost. And just like with the Swiss cheeses, the number of listenable Swedish bands is too large to count.

The question is which one of the two I love the most - cheese or music. I wish I could say music, because it makes me seem less like a fat borgoise and more like a cool hipster. But I think they break pretty even. And then there is the chocolate and the wine of course, which adds more power to the Swiss preference, and which in no way makes me seem any more cool.

I will miss the cheese and the chocolate and the wine when I leave this place, just like I miss the Swedish music scene now. I do wish that life was just a choice between cheese and music, but the truth is of course that it's not. But wouldn't it be sweet?