Well, my goodness me. It has taken me years to get over my British reticence and become accustomed to the Swiss tradition of greeting people by kissing them three times on the cheeks. And now, when I am completely used to the “trois bises”, it’s announced that kissing or even shaking hands with other people is currently not recommended right now. But it’s hard to pull back and simply acknowledge the other person by just nodding. It seems so impolite.
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