Monday, March 23, 2009

A Beautiful Saturday in Bern

 

 

Bern is an interesting city architecturally.  In the Old City, the shops are under colonnades down both sides of the street.

 

 

 

This clock tower has a great "show" of moving parts, but the best time to view it is at 12:00 when all the characters do their thing.

   There are fountains down the center of the street--each has a different statue on top.

Check out the Bern Bear between the legs of the soldier.

The reason for our trip to Bern was to attend the Temple, located in Zollikofen just outside Bern.  The day was truly beautiful, but also very cold due to the strong winds that blew Friday and Saturday.

4 comments:

Unknown said...

Hi Mary and Steve,
What a beautiful weather and photos! We envy you. Rainer and I are in Berlin just now and it is very cold and wet, even wetter.
Enjoy your weather down there
Gabi

Gabi said...

Hi Mary,
Just needed to test my new account - see how it works and looks like.
Gabi

thehiattfamily said...

I see you guys got a picture of the flag blowing! Beautiful photos of Bern!

laurie said...

Mary,
Bern is such a beautiful place! Bob and I have been there and loved it...Has it warmed up yet? alifornia is beautiful right now. 70's! Sweet!
Continue to have a great adventure over in Switzerland. Have you run into the Michael's yet?