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Rob Schmitz

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NPR Central Europe Correspondent, former Shanghai Correspondent, author of Street of Eternal Happiness: Big City Dreams Along a Shanghai Road.
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Greetings from sweltering Switzerland

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When I stepped outside, it looked like Switzerland, but it didn't feel like it. In the distance, the white-capped Alps stood, majestic, reflected in the turquoise waters of Lake Lucerne as I strolled along the waterfront. But the air was not the crisp, cool mountain air I was accustomed to whenever I came here to cover a story. Instead, during this visit late last week, it was scorching and thick with humidity, and walking through it was like wading through cotton dipped in boiling water.
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