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Bern (and environs)

  Read an essay a little about Bern but mostly about a night in the police station in Plaisir, France.
 

The main street through Bern

Lots of street sculptures here - this is from the 16th century

The prison tower - the hand on the clock is a hand. Notice there's no minute hand; the hour hand was close enough

Waisenhausplatz

Bärenplatz

the arch under the Prison Tower

the Clock Tower (the other one had a clock, too - different tower)

arch under the Clock Tower

near the bottom of the hill by the Nydegg Bridge

near the bottom of the hill by the Nydegg Bridge

near the bottom of the hill by the Nydegg Bridge

near the bottom of the hill by the Nydegg Bridge

near the bottom of the hill by the Nydegg Bridge

near the bottom of the hill on the Nydegg Bridge

near the bottom of the hill by the Nydegg Bridge

near the bottom of the hill by the Nydegg Bridge

at the bottom of the hill on the Nydegg Bridge

at the bottom of the hill on the Nydegg Bridge

at the bottom of the hill on the Nydegg Bridge

at the bottom of the hill on the Nydegg Bridge

at the bottom of the hill on the Nydegg Bridge

at the bottom of the hill on the Nydegg Bridge

at the bottom of the hill on the Nydegg Bridge - that's the original Lindt Chocolate factory, now condos

at the bottom of the hill on the Nydegg Bridge

the Bern Bear Pit

on the hill on the other side of the Nydegg Bridge looking back toward the city center

on the hill on the other side of the Nydegg Bridge looking back toward the city center

on the hill on the other side of the Nydegg Bridge looking back toward the city center

on the hill on the other side of the Nydegg Bridge looking back toward the city center

Bern Cathedral

Bern Cathedral

Bern Cathedral

Bern Cathedral

Bern Cathedral

Münsterplattform next to the Bern Cathedral

Bernites (Berners?) sure do love their bears

Bernites (Berners?) sure do love their bears

Bernites (Berners?) sure do love their bears

home of Albert Einstein

The Alps way in the distance

The Alps way in the distance

home of the mayor

here's where the Swiss hide the money. There is supposed to be gold buried in vaults under the street

in Sissach, near where we stayed

in Sissach, near where we stayed

between Sissach and Bern

between Sissach and Bern

between Sissach and Bern

between Sissach and Bern

between Sissach and Bern

between Sissach and Bern

between Sissach and Bern

between Sissach and Bern

between Sissach and Bern

just south of Sissach

just south of Sissach

just south of Sissach - those are The Alps again in the distance
 

 

© 2008 Rick Wexler   last updated February 21, 2008