July 1987, Biel/Bienne - Sven's story
I was 18 years old and had just started my first real holiday job. Planning to study in the UK, I had a few months to earn some money before going off to university. Where better to go than my home country, Switzerland, where one of my aunts was the owner of the Buffet de la Gare in the watch making town Biel/Bienne at the foot of the Swiss Jura mountains.
The Buffets de la Gare are a very Swiss institution. For decades these were the restaurants and snack bars located in the main...