Where water and land meet, on the shores of Lake Neuchâtel, where mountain and lake are in dialogue, people have lived for several millennia. A vibrant chain of more than two hundred generations connects the first settlers with today's inhabitants. Aga, along with a colony of pile dwellers, is among the first at the lake. The blind seer has led her tribe here, and she has visions that reach far into the future. Alix is a young researcher who strives in our time to find a balance between the lives of people and their environment. Each generation on the shores of the lake contributes in its own way to balancing opposing interests. The dialogue between mountain and lake endures forever. Didier Burkhalter is a child of this landscape. The Neuchâtel politician and former Federal Councillor accompanied his grandfather on a fishing boat out onto the lake. In his role as President and Foreign Minister of Switzerland, he had an open ear for diverse interests and facilitated balance. With the dialogue of mountain and lake in his ears.