Snow on branches
All gone in a few hours.
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Chur Kunstlicht 0
While rooting through my folders I found this older shot of the same shop as in yesterday's post. I thought it might be interesting to compare.
20081009 Canon PowerShot something or the other
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Chur wall decoration
Have I told you about Chur? One of the oldest settlements in Switzerland (dating back to 3900 BC, apparently). How about I let the contributers to Wikipedia do the job?
Link to Wikipedia article.
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Lucerne Museum of Transport: Cogs
Bits and pieces of a mountain rack-and-pinion railway system at the Verkehrshaus in Lucerne.
Link to the museum (pages in English)
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Stein am Rhein "No e Wili" house
One of my Swiss readers will have to tell us about the "No e Wili" story from 1478.
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Stein am Rhein Restaurant Adler II
Scanning up a little higher from yesterday's shot. Look at all that detail...
Link to the hotel and restaurant Adler.
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Stein am Rhein Restaurant Adler
The hotel and restaurant Adler in Stein am Rhein. The facade painting was done by the illustrator Alois Carigiet in 1956. His work for children's books earned him the Hans Christian Andersen award in 1966.
Link to a site dedicated to Alois Carigiet.
Link to a Wiki entry about him.
Link to a Wiki entry about the Hans Christian Andersen award.
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Stein am Rhein Metzgerei
A butcher shop in the town of Stein am Rhein in canton Schaffhausen. I've lined up some more photos of decorated building fronts from Stein am Rhein over the next few days.
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Cows in snow
A photo from the other end of Villigen. This is the same road as in yesterday's photo, but now I'm sort of facing in the direction of Villigen.
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Lenzburg castle looming
Sorry about the lack of creativity in the titles.
I had mentioned a stone age burial site that was found in this area. I haven't found a lot of information about it, but for my readers who can deal with German, below is a link to a short description that might be of interest. I know, I should be able to do a decent translation, but I just don't have the time.
Link to an entry about the Lenzburg burial site in the Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz.
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Lenzburg castle right
The oldest part of this castle dates back to 1100. However, the hill itself held a burial ground from the Neolithic (ca 5000 BC) period. Between 1860 and 1956 the castle was bought and sold several times. From 1893 to 1956 it was owned by members of an American family originally from Ohio.
Link to the Wikipedia entry (in English) about the castle.
Link to rough Wikipedia entry about James Ellsworth, the American owner.
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Lenzburg castle through trees
This is a view of Lenzburg castle from atop the hill that yesterday's stairway leads to. Somewhat better photos coming up in the next few days.
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Somewhere along the Nufenen pass
A photograph I took while traveling along the mountain pass that connects canton Valais to canton Ticino. Sometime in 2006. Note to self: Return there.
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Hofmann retrospective in Baden
Albert Hofmann, the man who was the first to synthesize LSD, was a Baden boy. The Historical Museum of Baden has an exhibition going on now about his life and work. And yes, the walls and floor are painted a color close to acid green.
Link to Wikipedia entry.
Link to the Historische Museum Baden.
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Lake of Zug
The canton of Zug is popular for its low tax rate. It also happens to have a beautiful lake and a charming old town.
Best wishes to you, my gentle readers for a peaceful and fulfilling new year! Thank you for your visits and comments.
20091228
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