Facts about Switzerland

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland

Switzerland is bordered by Germany, France, Italy, Austria and Liechtenstein.

Its four official languages are German, French, Italian and Romansh, which are mapped out in the above map. 

I'm going to be in the French-speaking area, just to the north of the big lake there (Lake Geneva). 

Switzerland has a population of about 8 million people.  To put that in perspective, New York City has a 8,336,000 people... so slightly more than Switzerland!

The city I'm going to be in, Lausanne, has 129,000 people, making it comparable to Syracuse, NY, at 145,000 people.