Switzeerland day 3- Bern

Don't talk to me about sleep last night.  I only caught it in bits and pieces.  I heard the church clock chime the 15 minutes and the hours. At about 3 am one of the cows decided to be alert and munching-- which meant lots of bell clanging.  I suppose you'd call it a "Heidi Experience" but I was not able to fully appreciate it.  The place has fantastic windows.  I closed them and the bell music dimmed to a murmur.

We had a good day today. We toured Bern-- saw the cathedral,

 The clock tower

 Lots of fountains.  The pull the water up from the river below the city-- so people could get water for their houses.  Then it runs back down to the river. This is of Moses.

 This is the tallest cathedral in Switzerland.

 We lunched here close to the river.

Scenes of Bern

We went to the used goods store and the knife store Sue and Steve like so much. We had salami, landiager, cheeses and bread for lunch in a nice park by the river.  The birds were most interested in any crumbs Sally dropped.

Then we went to Sue and Steve's and saw their apartment and the Institute building. By the end of the day we were tired puppies.

Sue and Steve came back to the apartment and had dinner with us.  Worst, Sauerkraut, Roesti (fried shredded potatoes), and mozzarella/tomato/basil/balsamic vinegar dressing salad.  Mmm. Tasty.  And SO SWISS.  Sue and Steve played their alphorns in the evening before going home.