Category: travel
Weekend in Murten / Morat
Murten (or Morat in French) is a small town on the shore of Murtensee (Lac Morat) – one of the three lakes in the area. The other two are Lac de Neuchâtel (the largest) and Lac Biel-Bienne. All three lakes are connected by canals and cruise boats take tourist to all of them. Murten is…
Volkshaus Zürich
Volkshaus (People’s House) is a kind of conference space and stage that is available for rental by the general public. Located on Stauffacherstrasse and facing Helvetiaplatz, it opened about 100 years ago and has a bookshop, sauna and restaurant. We went there for dinner on our last evening in Zurich. Food was solidly good. The…
Zürich cityscape from the top of Grossmünster
In the center of Zurich are two landmark churches situated on either side of the Limmat river. We climbed many steps to the top of one of the two towers of Grossmünster which dates back to 1200 ! From there you get the best views of Zurich – Lake Zurich, the Limmat river, Fraumünster (the other…
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon
On our last day, we continued our tour of the center of Lyon. We strolled through the Place des Terreaux which has a big fountain and lots of cafes. The place reminds me of Piazza Navona in Roma. It must be great to have a drink or ice cream here and people-watch on a summer…