- Puzzle
Ariadni Patiki, Greece
The “Fifth Switzerland” is a colourful, varied and multilingual puzzle with well over 800,000 pieces.
Today’s puzzle piece is …
Ariadni Patiki, 17, school pupil, born and raised in Athens, Greece.
Do you maintain personal contact with other Swiss Abroad?
It’s very important to me to have contact with other Swiss people outside my family. I’ve been on five camps with the Swiss Abroad, where I got to know some great people. I’m still in contact with some of them. We meet every summer in Switzerland and go to camp together.
Is everyday life with your family multilingual?
Yes, I hear Greek and German at home every day. My mother speaks German to me sometimes, but I hear the language most when she speaks to my grandmother. Then I hear my father speaking Greek as well as my mother.
When do you wish the country in which you live were a bit more Swiss?
I wish my country were a bit more Swiss in terms of its public transport, and especially its cleanliness and punctuality.
If your friends asked you to make them a typical Swiss meal, what would you cook?
Rösti!