Church of the Holy Spirit

This is the baroque ceiling of the catholic Heiliggeistkirche opposite the train station in Bern. This pic here shows it from the outside.

Cathedral interior

Bern has an impressive gothic cathedral, known as the Munster.



Here here and here are shots of the cathedral exterior and
this pic shows the cathedral on the Bernese skyline. Awesome.

A hazy view to Parliament

Tucked away

Like cheese?

Try the Bündner Alphüsli cheese stand on the marketplace -



A Bündner is a product or person from the eastern Swiss Canton of Graubünden, known in French and English as the Grison mountains. Amongst other things, the Grisons are famous for the Davos and St. Moritz ski resorts. Not to mention the cheese, of course. And the sausage. And the pear rolls, stacked up on the left! Alphüsli is a real Swiss word and means little alpine house - I guess refering to the chalet-esque (sort of) stall...

You might like this other shot of the back of the market square, just behind the Bünder Alphüsli

Brunngasse

This photo of Brunngasse (Fountain Street) reminds me of the 'middle-age fortress' feeling that Bern evokes. Inside the city walls, it's a quiet, safe place that time forgot. The rural surrounding countryside adds a buffer-zone to the fortress - it's at least an hour's drive north, east or west before you reach modern European civilization. And if you travel further south into the Alps, time slows down and eventually even starts to go backwards...

Clear view to the Alps at sunset

Last night was a good one. Cold air = good views

Bern sunset

Tonight's sunset from the Murihalden...the same place as this daytime panorama and this stop on Ted's tour

Pyrenées

According to this webpage, Café des Pyrénées, Kornhausplatz 17, is "jovial and unpretentious meeting place for artists, alcoholics and others with loud voices. Equal quantities of twenty- and forty-somethings crowd the place out nightly."

This pic is dedicated to the guilty parties who definitely know who they are.

How many bus drivers does it take to change a bulb?

Well, I can't think of a funny answer, but here's a guy from the local bus company, Bernmobil, doing just that.

Very cold day panorama!

A view of the 180-degree twist in the River Aare loop
(see this post for more info)