We've now been here almost six months and I have yet to come across a spider. I don't particularly love them but accept them as part of life on the same level as dust. (One can get rid of both to some extent, but they will never go away completely.) I wonder if Switzerland is too clean for spiders? Or is it simply too difficult for them to get a permit?
Whatever the reason may be, I have actually seen arachnoid evidence of their existence here twice: Once when walking over some Roman stuff and looking at display cases describing the Roman stuff with Tina and Sarah last month; in one of the cases it seemed as if a few attempts of making a spider web had been carried out. But I'm not sure by whom as there wasn't a single spider in sight. The second time was in our flat last week. I noticed a (slightly dust-covered) string of web glinting in the sun between two Christmas cards but after a thorough examination, I failed to spot the spider that had been hard at work. As proof, please see the picture below (if you look very hard, it's visible just above the red mushroom):
I'm not complaining but do find this very curious!
I will keep you up-to-date with this situation should it change.
Happy New Year!
Lots of love,
Karen x
