Sunday, April 08, 2007

Back to Switzerland Part III

In Bern, there are statues EVERYWHERE! Juan explained each one to me, though I can't remember what each one was anymore. Here are a few of the cool ones:










This one is Justice, because she is blindfolded and holding the balance scale.



This is Moses. Strangely, the ten commandments are just numbers in this version...






This is Stash, the baby-eating ogre.






Devon drank from a number of the city's public fountains, and said the water tasted great. I think it was probably full of lead and mercury.



Fancy clockwork:



The famed astronomical clock in Bern, made in 1530:

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