Bern & Lucern – Swiss – Alps 24

We took a train car ferry through the Lotschbergtunnel, which cut through the Alps. Amazing. Just drive our car onto a flatbed train car and get whizzed through the tunnel while we stayed in the car.
The capitol city of Bern was lovely!
A pleasant day for strolling.
This is the Archeology Museum which has an entire floor dedicated to a famous patent official’s life story…
…Einstein! We saw many of his original documents and learned more about his theory’s in the Museum.
We also visited the Paul Klee Center to learn more about his Bauhaus years and art influence. We also appreciated the interesting architecture by Italian Renzo Piano.
Oh, and there was some Swiss Chocolate!
Another day trip was to Luzern with its historic old bridges.
Beautifully maintained for over 1,000 years.
The Town Hall Hotel des Balances on the main square was beautifully painted as were many other buildings.
On the other side of the bay is the Swiss National Transport Museum. There were 5 buildings: Trains, Cars, Ships, Air, Space as well as a large exhibit on energy.
This is similar to the Smithsonian Air and Space – we learned the history and how everything operated. It is a very hands on museum with many activities to keep children of all ages busy for hours.
A Moon Rock and the flag that was taken to the moon on Apollo XVII in 1972. Very cool that this “was given as a symbol of unity of the human endeavor and carries with it the hope of the American people for a world at peace.”
Special felt slippers were needed to walk on this “Livemap of Switzerland”. Pointing to where we are staying in Meiringen, near Interlaken (town between those two big lakes).

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