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However, during the second broadcast – this time for a radio station in Lucerne – I describe how someone in the crowd is supposedly playing the ukulele for Obama and that the atmosphere is great. Switzerland is enthusiastic and says after switching on that it must be just like that, he saw it on CNN. But the bitter cold outside the Capitol doesn't come across on the screen, the radio presenter adds at the end. A subtle criticism from a heated radio studio in Switzerland: what you can't see doesn't exist. As I later see for myself, the news station reported mainly from the rooms of the Capitol, where it was certainly pleasantly warm and no one had clammy fingers.

I don't see much of Obama himself on the big mall. He is europe rcs data too far away, about a kilometer away. From where I'm sitting, the Capitol looks like the Migros high-rise seen from Helvetiaplatz. A friend from Zurich, who allegedly knew Obama's half-sister and who had tried to get me a special seat in the front stands a few days before, has also stopped calling. In addition, many of the large screens that are specially installed in front of the Capitol are not working. Nevertheless, the atmosphere between the Washington Monument and the Capitol is great, even in absolutely sub-zero temperatures. When the national anthem blares over the loudspeakers, a collective hum can be heard. As loud as the frozen lips allow. The most emotional moment, however, is when a helicopter slowly circles over our heads: It is the outgoing President George W. Bush, as unpopular then as Donald Trump is today, who is starting his journey home to Texas. Shortly afterwards, the Obama chants start again. Yes, we can.