We ended our vacation in Zurich (we took a bus around to Munich and Bren flew home from there).
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| Photo by Mark W. Laughlin |
Zurich sits at the end of a glacial lake, where a river forms and runs on into Germany, becoming part of the Rhine.
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| Photo by Mark W. Laughlin |
There;s a cool pedestrian bridge, crossing over to the Old Town.
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| Photo by Mark W. Laughlin |
Residents and tourists put "love locks" on the fence-like railings (the new, silver one at center-frame, is ours). ;-)
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| Photo by Mark W. Laughlin |
A beautiful, sunny for walking through the Old Town.
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| Photo by Mark W. Laughlin |
The river forms a pretty prominent feature, separating old town from the modern city center, with several bridges to make it easy to get over there for lunch or dinner.
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| Photo by Mark W. Laughlin |
One thing that was quite cool, was the water-taxi. You can get on and just ride it for the 2-hour loop, for only 8 Euros each ! You can side at a table, a waitress will bring drinks and sandwiches, and you can enjoy a leisurely loop around the lake.
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| Photo by Mark W. Laughlin |
Lots of sail boats out in the late April weather.
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| Photo by Mark W. Laughlin |
A roadway along the lake connects Zurich back south toward the Italian boarder.
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| Photo by Mark W. Laughlin |
Homes and churches all along the way, with beautiful views of the lake.
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| Photo by Mark W. Laughlin |
An interesting site in Switzerland and in Germany...a tree, likely a fruit tree I suppose, is pruned annually to keep all the limbs and eventual fruit within reach from the ground (and also making a tree that has a nice shady area beneath).
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| Photo by Mark W. Laughlin |
Night falling, lights coming on in the riverside restaurants...
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| Photo by Mark W. Laughlin |
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| Photo by Mark W. Laughlin |
Steeples silhouetted against the sunset...
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| Photo by Mark W. Laughlin |
Beautiful place.
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| Photo by Mark W. Laughlin |
Y'all take care,
- Mark
