The old town of Bern is home to many beautiful fountains. Here's one:
Some of the fountains are less attractive...one is topped by an ogre eating some children:
Here's me outside of Einstein's old house:
We climbed up to the town rose garden. The roses weren't yet in bloom, but we got quite a view:
We also saw the bear pits. Bern was named by a king after the next animal he killed, which happened to be a bear. They've been keeping bears in pits for hundreds of years. Doesn't seem the most comfortable environs:
Bern is a World Heritage Site and the 22nd one I've visited. I updated my World Heritage page with the two Switzerland sites we visited.
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