Sunday, November 27, 2011

Bern

I like Bern. It is a city, but a manageable size. These are scenes from our walk around the old part of the city on Friday and a walk along the river on Saturday morning.














Note the clock tower (Zytglogge), an elaborate medieval clock tower with moving puppets that puts on a show at noon and two o'clock (which we always missed). There is also  below it a cool mechanical astronomical clock that keeps track of the day, month, year and zodiac.




The large building in the back is the mayor's mansion and hidden from view behind the houses in the front is the backyard featured in the entry on construction methods in Bern.




And handy table tennis in the park


A walk along the river



the water is clear