stop #5 on Europe trip--Switzerland
Dec 2, 2016 19:17:10 #
Dec 2, 2016 20:52:57 #
Nice sets of pictures. Love the last pix.
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Dec 3, 2016 08:39:45 #
Great photos. I rung in the year 1980 in Switzerland and returned a couple years later, primarily for the skiing. We made our way slowly from Zurich to Geneva then took a bus to the south of France. Your chalets on the mountainside brought back memories for me. Oh, and yes, the beer.
Dec 3, 2016 08:49:39 #
Cape Codder
Loc: Cape Cod
Another fabulous set! I liked the next to last one the best. It was nice of that little sail boat to place itself in the space where the two mountains separate. The lion monument honors the members of the Swiss Guard at the royal palace who were killed during the French Revolution.
Dec 3, 2016 09:06:34 #
Great travel photos of an apparently beautiful area. I tried to pick a favorite, but you had too many to do that. 
Dec 3, 2016 09:16:00 #
Cape Codder
Loc: Cape Cod
Just went back to check the facts about the Lion Monument. was afraid y memory was wrong. The Swiss Guard was defending the Tuileries Palace where the royal family was living. In 1792 a mob stormed the palace. The guard ran out of ammunition and most of them were slaughtered. Some were later guillotined. The monument was carved out of the rock face in the 1820's.
Dec 3, 2016 09:33:22 #
Dec 3, 2016 09:57:53 #
Dec 3, 2016 10:05:09 #
Cape Codder wrote:
Just went back to check the facts about the Lion Monument. was afraid y memory was wrong. The Swiss Guard was defending the Tuileries Palace where the royal family was living. In 1792 a mob stormed the palace. The guard ran out of ammunition and most of them were slaughtered. Some were later guillotined. The monument was carved out of the rock face in the 1820's.
thanks for the update--we were given so much information I thought I remembered something about the French Revolution war
I was usually busy snapping photos while I was listening
Dec 3, 2016 10:06:57 #
thanks again everyone for the comments. I feel soooo lucky to have been able to go to these places and am enjoying sharing it with all of you
Dec 3, 2016 10:20:38 #
Dec 3, 2016 11:44:40 #
Ditto on all of the comments! Switzerland is certainly a magical country. Hope to be able to visit there someday. Thanks for the tour.
Dec 3, 2016 12:44:23 #
We traveled to Lucerne toooo many years ago and visited the same sites and sights.
There is a song From Lucerne to Weggis Town. We took a short boat ride to Weggis
where we had cheese fondue and watched a folk show. I did not realize how steep that
funicular ride to Mt. Pilatus is until I saw a side view of the track. We also took a gondola
down.
Thanks for taking me back.
There is a song From Lucerne to Weggis Town. We took a short boat ride to Weggis
where we had cheese fondue and watched a folk show. I did not realize how steep that
funicular ride to Mt. Pilatus is until I saw a side view of the track. We also took a gondola
down.
Thanks for taking me back.
Dec 3, 2016 13:08:46 #
Dec 3, 2016 13:12:22 #
Thank you for sharing-brought back memories of a trip I took 26 years ago with my Mom-who is now 93! We loved the trip-especially Switzerland.
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