Tuesday, 30 October 2012

Fall Weekend


I stayed for the night in Langenthal, and on the way back to the train station I saw this street festival and decided to stop. Everyone was dressed up, you could buy Halloween costumes, and like any good festival, there was tons of food.


This was taken from the top of a construction lift, which I managed to get a free ride in.



The next night I spent in Aeschi, and we climbed up to the top of a hill, where you had a nice panoramic view of the town

View of Lake Thun

In Ballenburg, we visited the Open Air Museum, which is an historical town, with old houses you can go inside and look at. The park was divided int  sections, representing the different style of buildings throughout Switzerland. 


From the Italian part, T










Taking a ferry across Lake Brienz


A famous hotel, with a funicular railway leading up to the entrance


The view as we were eating dinner.  It was the last day that the ferry was running, afterwards it closes for the winter season. Everyone from the restaurant, including the staff, came out and waved goodbye to it.


Geneva

Finally, a chair that's not too short for me :)

The United Nations Office

Ariana Museum, of course it was open every day except for Monday, the one day of the week we happened to be there



Petite Sirène du Léman (Little Mermaid of Lake Geneva)

Maison de Saussure, the house in which Ronald Reagen stayed in during the Geneva Summit in 1985








Fribourg

Went to a Rotary meeting this past weekend in Fribourg, and got a chance to walk around the city a bit afterwards. It was the first time seeing snow for some of the exchange students. Let's just say the novelty wore off pretty quick once they realized how cold it was. 




Biel

These photos were taken in the Taubenloch Gorge in Biel/Bienne. It's an easy one hour hike with beautiful scenery. There was even a peacock wandering around the woods.