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[Slowpoke]

30 April 2020 at 17:41:55 #932293

Hi Cabin Jon-

Thanks.

There is a whole lot of Switzerland….culture, politics, direct democracy, complex history….that the average tourist does not see.

If that interests you, you might pick up one of the Insight Guides to Switzerland. They update every few years, but the vintage is not critical.

If something fits, I try to slip in things that might be interesting and are evocative of those background details.

Peterli does a magnificent job of that.

Slowpoke

[Mageo]

1 May 2020 at 4:26:07 #932294

Hello,

Thanks Peterli for taking the time to post the quizzes. They keep the interest going under the present circumstances.

Also, Slowpoke, thanks for the information and links re. the railway clocks. My husband in particular, is fascinated by the clocks, so found the info interesting.

We hope we can make our postponed trip to Switzerland next year!

Mageo

[Slowpoke]

1 May 2020 at 7:11:59 #932295

Hi Mageo-

<<“Also, Slowpoke, thanks for the information and links re. the railway

clocks. My husband in particular, is fascinated by the clocks, so found

the info interesting.”>>

You are qute welcome.

Perhaps these links would be interesting?

http://www.myswitzerland.com/en-us/experiences/international-clock-museum/

We visited that one some years ago. Quite impressive.

http://www.watchtime.com/wristwatch-industry-news/lifestyle/must-visit-swiss-watch-museums-switzerland/

I was not aware of the one in Zürich

And, Biel/Bienne has a nice, small old town, in addition to the museum there.

map.search.ch/?pos=585461,221201&z=2048

I marked up the map. We’ll see if the marks are saved. The small plaza where the hiker is shown is quite attractive.

Also,

iknowwatches.com/swiss-watch-tours-museums-guide/

Slowpoke

[Mageo]

1 May 2020 at 9:29:49 #932296

Hello Slowpoke,

Thanks so much for all the interesting info and links – we really appreciate it. You have given us interesting reading and ideas to follow up for our planning, while we’re shut in.

Mageo