I Was Also in Bern

This is going back to the Europe thing. After the conference in Milan, I went up to Bern, Switzerland and had a couple of great days with Thomas and  Christine. The day before we went skiing, we went out sight-seeing in Bern. Here is evidence of the aforementioned.

The Glockenspiel, which looks probably more impressive in this photo than it is in actuality. It does more than nothing, but not by a lot.

The Glockenspiel, which looks probably more impressive in this photo than it is in actuality. It does more than nothing, but not by a lot.

A street. The one with the clock tower on it.

A street. The one with the clock tower on it.

Overview of the city and the Aar river that hems it in.

Overview of the city and the Aar river that hems it in.

  • It was rainy.
  • Pretty city, though.
  • One hears it’s possible to see the Alps from there.
  • Also, just happened to run into Dave and Rahel from Pittsburgh 7th, who were in Basel visiting her parents for the holidays.
  • Had rösti at the restaurant by the bear pit.
  • The bears weren’t viewable, though. Hibernation I guess. Bears.
  • Rösti seems like it should be a breakfast food.
  • Swiss German remains unintelligible.
  • The Zürich airport is super nice.
  • Many things in Switzerland are expensive. A Whopper value meal at the airport, for instance, costs about US$20.

Event now herewith recorded,

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