SwitzerlandZurich47°22’32” N 8°32’27” E June 28 in Switzerland ⋅ ☀️ 73 °F
The day was absolutely GAW-jas so we decided to simply walk a whole bunch of streets, gawking at the store windows, soaking up sunshine and all that
The Mühlesteg Love Lock Bridge: A Testament toRead more
SwitzerlandZurich47°22’38” N 8°32’26” E
June 28 in Switzerland ⋅ ☀️ 73 °F
The first agenda for today was to walk back to Zurich HB and reasonably get ourselves situated with trains schedules and platforms. It's a pretty big place and we wouldn't want to scramble rightRead more
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SwitzerlandZurich47°22’11” N 8°32’28” E June 28 in Switzerland ⋅ ☀️ 84 °F
The Fraumünster (German pronunciation: [fʁaʊ̯ˈmʏnstɐ]; lit. in English: Women's Minster) is a church in which was built on the remains of a former abbey for aristocratic women which was foundedRead more
SwitzerlandZurich47°22’58” N 8°32’38” E June 28 in Switzerland ⋅ ☀️ 84 °F
With 6.959 pipes, the organ at Fraumünster is the largest in the canton of Zurich.
In the Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance the Fraumünster is listed as aRead more
SwitzerlandZurich47°22’57” N 8°32’38” E
June 28 in Switzerland ⋅ ☀️ 86 °F
The choir of the abbey includes 5 large stained glass windows designed by artist Marc Chagall and installed in 1970. Each of the 5 has a dominant color and depicts a Biblical story. From leftRead more
SwitzerlandZurich47°22’57” N 8°32’38” E
June 28 in Switzerland ⋅ ☀️ 86 °F
Frescos by Paul Bodmer and Anne-Marie Bauer (I wonder what's going on between the snake and a frog)
Inner court
Scary heads (one looks like Tchaikovsky)
SwitzerlandZurich47°22’11” N 8°32’28” E
June 28 in Switzerland ⋅ ☀️ 84 °F
The Crypt has made public since 19 June 2016. The oldest part of the church preserved the abbey's Holy Relics until the Reformation in Zürich banned the Roman Catholic veneration of saints. TheRead more
SwitzerlandZurich47°22’58” N 8°32’38” E
Jun 28–Jul 2 in Switzerland ⋅ ☀️ 86 °F
The Limmat river commences at the outfall of Lake Zurich, in the southern part of the city of Zurich. From there flows in a northwesterly direction, continuing a further 35 km until it reaches theRead more
I would guess lion. So, which lock is yours and Laurie's? [Jeanine Belinger]
TravelerWe left ours along with ball and chains at home 🤣. There was this one lock for August 2028!!! That's a lot of optimism!
Traveler
Wow... That's a big clock.
TravelerYeah. We hope to be able to get in at one point. The information says "temporary closed" 😒