JOHN AND SUE'S

CHRISTMAS IN SWITZERLAND 2005

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                          Sue enjoying a (very large) Meringue in Meiringen                                    John speaking with Naomi in Murren Christmas Day

               

             On our way up the Funicular railway (soon to be dismantled) on the                      Christmas Day in Murren with two others in our party

           way to Murren.

                

                                                         A wintry scene                                                                   On the train to Interlaken from Lautebrunnen

                                          

                                   John in Murren on Christmas Day                                        The Church in Meiringen where we went to the Midnight service

                   

              This lot play drums and cow bells in Meiringen from Boxing day to                            John half way up the mountain in Meiringen

           New Year's eve (even at 4.00 a.m.!) to ward off evil spirits

                 

                                    John on his way to the cable car in Meiringen                                                 Those drummers and bell-ringers again

                    

                  Main street Meiringen with Sherlock Holmes Museum on right                                            Bells used by the bell-ringers

                    

          Glacier Express which goes from Zermatt to St Moritz (8 hour journey) going through a hole in the mountain. These photos were taken from the 

        rear of a very long train on the way to St Moritz

                      

         One minute you are on the train looking up at the viaduct. Next minute                                           The Cresta Run in St Moritz

       you are on the viaduct

               

                                Sue in St Moritz with the hat she crocheted                                                                   John in St Moritz

                    

                                        John in St Moritz after lunch                                                  New Year's Eve in Switzerland is called Silvester

                

                             Sue holding up the leaning tower of St Moritz                                                          The Glacier Express engine

            

                                     Our hotel in Meggen just outside Lucerne                                                                       Lucerne

                              

                                                                                                           Coffee time in Lucerne

             

                                                    Swan on Lake Lucerne                                                 Our lunch table on the paddle steamer New Year's Day

           

        Sue enjoying wine with her lunch on the paddle steamer New Year's Day                                              The paddle steamer

           

                                          Our room at the Balm Hotel, Meggen                                                   The Dining room at the Balm Hotel, Meggen

    

 

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