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The Hotel Bristol. Where I stayed in Zürich. A short walk from the train station. Very quiet. |
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I had a day before my business started. My only free sunny day. A view of Lake Zürich. |
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Another view of Lake Zürich. |
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Zunfthaus zur Waag. Where I had a long lunch that ate into my sightseeing time. |
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A pantomime down by Lake Zürich. |
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A pretty chimney I found along the east side of Lake Zürich. |
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A model train store on Langstrausse. A colleague loves model trains and I tried to get him to visit this store on a Zürich trip. He didn't, and is now retired and unlikely to get back there. |
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The east shore of Lake Zürich. Taken from the tour boat that docks near the Landesmuseum. |
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The building with the chimney that I photographed a couple days before. [what building??] |
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Some people out for an evening sail on Lake Zürich. |
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And windsurfers. |
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The windsurfers are racing. |
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Lots and lots of sailboat masts! |
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My tour boat. Getting dark and the flash went off and didn't help much. |
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Taste of Paradise. Where I had an Indian-Thai dinner that evening. |
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Walking along the Schanzen-Graben. |
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Some kayakers on the Schanzen-Graben following an obstacle course in a training exercise. The building to the left is a club Wasserfahrverein Zürich WVZ. |
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One kayaker didn't make it and fell in. |
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The next night I had dinner at Kaufleuten. The steak was tiny. |
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I stumbled on an interesting bike in the Haupt Bahnhof. |
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My first stop out from Zürich was Solothurn. The Wyss Papeterie is a store owned by some distant relatives. |
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In Bern I found this painted outline. Here in NYC we used to paint outlines as street memorials to pedestrians killed by motor vehicles. (See other picture albums of mine.) |
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A picture in Bern. Taken from the Bern Historical Museum. The bridge is the Kirchenfeldbrücke. |
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A view from the top of the Cathedral. Facing east. |
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Another view from the top of the Cathedral. Two pictures stitched together. Facing west. |
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The Chindlifrässerbrunnen (Ogre Fountain). This ogre eats small children and he's eating one, with others waiting their turn. |
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The clock tower in Bern. People gather for its performances. |
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The Obere Hauptgasse castle in Thun. Too early. Not open yet. |
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Looking out over Thun. |
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A closeup of Obere Hauptgasse in Thun. |
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Another view over Thun. |
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Some pretty dormer windows on my walk down from the castle. |
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A Rathausplatz street scene in Thun. It is a two-tier street, where the roofs of the shops on the lower level provide the walkways for the upper level. |
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A view of Spiez from by the train station. The castle Schloss Spiez is down by the water. |
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Across Lake Lucerne. Mt Pilatus is the mountain in the distance. |
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The Männli-Turm in Luzern. |
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The Nadelwehr locks on the River Reuss. Taken from the Spreurbrücke covered bridge. The Jesuit Church is the baroque building with the towers. |
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Kornmarkt in old Luzern. |
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Hotel Balance in old Luzern. |
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There is a train ride for kids at the Swiss Transport Museum. |
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The engineer. |
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Across Lake Lucerne. Taken from Merlischachen. |
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Lake Lucerne taken from Merlischachen. Looking towards Luzern. Mt Pilatus is in the distance. |
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The center of Küssnacht. |
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I took the funicular up to Chateau Gutsch. A view of Luzern using the wide angle adapter. |
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Chateau Gutsch. |
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A panorama of Luzern taken from Chateau Gutsch. A lot of work getting this one stitched (and some Photoshop work is still needed). Be sure to scroll to the middle where the view is. |
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A telephoto view of the Museggmauer, the city wall and towers. Taken from Chateau Gutsch. |
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A telephoto view of Kapellbrücke mit Wasserturm. Taken from Chateau Gutsch. |
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Some architecture in Luzern. |
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Hotel Alpha is where I stayed in Luzern. |
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An early morning view from my room at the Hotel Alpha. Taken on my last day. |
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On my train ride to the airport. The sun is coming out as I leave. A view of the Zugersee. |
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At the airport they use bicycles to get around. I have never seen this in an American airport. |
