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You're listening to How To. I'm Amanda Ripley. So the other day I went on a walk up the

street to visit a neighbor, kind of like Mr. Rogers, but without the cardigan. Here we are.

We are delighted to be here for many reasons, but we should be the Swiss ambassador to the

United States. And he and I are sitting in his formal, modern dining room in the official

ambassador's residence, which includes a really large plot of open land behind it right

in the middle of Washington, DC. And it's got just a stunning view. I've walked by this

property countless times, but this is the first time I'm actually past the gate.

We are on one of the few hills from when one can see the Washington monument. And the

urban legend is that it was one of the places that had been picked to build the capital.

And then they realized it was too far away from this one.

Ambassador Pete Lou first joined the Swiss Foreign Service in 1987. And since then he has

worked all over the world from Kenya to Rwanda, Saudi Arabia. Diplomacy can be a pretty

stressful line of work. So the ambassador often turns to nature for relief, particularly

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