1: The Hotel Bristol. Where I stayed in Zürich. A short walk from the train station. Very quiet.

2: I had a day before my business started. My only free sunny day. A view of Lake Zürich.

3: Another view of Lake Zürich.

4: Zunfthaus zur Waag. Where I had a long lunch that ate into my sightseeing time.

5: A pantomime down by Lake Zürich.

6: A pretty chimney I found along the east side of Lake Zürich.

7: A model train store on Langstrausse. A colleague loves model trains and I tried to get him to visit this store on a Zürich trip. He didn't, and is now retired and unlikely to get back there.

8: The east shore of Lake Zürich. Taken from the tour boat that docks near the Landesmuseum.

9: The building with the chimney that I photographed a couple days before. [what building??]

10: Some people out for an evening sail on Lake Zürich.

11: And windsurfers.

12: The windsurfers are racing.

13: Lots and lots of sailboat masts!

14: My tour boat. Getting dark and the flash went off and didn't help much.

15: Taste of Paradise. Where I had an Indian-Thai dinner that evening.

16: Walking along the Schanzen-Graben.

17: Some kayakers on the Schanzen-Graben following an obstacle course in a training exercise. The building to the left is a club Wasserfahrverein Zürich WVZ.

18: One kayaker didn't make it and fell in.

19: The next night I had dinner at Kaufleuten. The steak was tiny.

20: I stumbled on an interesting bike in the Haupt Bahnhof.

21: My first stop out from Zürich was Solothurn. The Wyss Papeterie is a store owned by some distant relatives.

22: In Bern I found this painted outline. Here in NYC we used to paint outlines as street memorials to pedestrians killed by motor vehicles. (See other picture albums of mine.)

23: A picture in Bern. Taken from the Bern Historical Museum. The bridge is the Kirchenfeldbrücke.

24: A view from the top of the Cathedral. Facing east.

25: Another view from the top of the Cathedral. Two pictures stitched together. Facing west.

26: The Chindlifrässerbrunnen (Ogre Fountain). This ogre eats small children and he's eating one, with others waiting their turn.

27: The clock tower in Bern. People gather for its performances.

28: The Obere Hauptgasse castle in Thun. Too early. Not open yet.

29: Looking out over Thun.

30: A closeup of Obere Hauptgasse in Thun.

31: Another view over Thun.

32: Some pretty dormer windows on my walk down from the castle.

33: A Rathausplatz street scene in Thun. It is a two-tier street, where the roofs of the shops on the lower level provide the walkways for the upper level. This is because Thun used to flood a lot, until they controlled the flow of the Aar river with sluices.

34: A view of Spiez from by the train station. The castle Schloss Spiez is down by the water.

35: Across Lake Lucerne. Mt Pilatus is the mountain in the distance.

36: The Männli-Turm in Luzern.

37: The Nadelwehr locks on the River Reuss. Taken from the Spreurbrücke covered bridge. The Jesuit Church is the baroque building with the towers.

38: Kornmarkt in old Luzern.

39: Hotel Balance in old Luzern.

40: There is a train ride for kids at the Swiss Transport Museum.

41: The engineer.

42: Across Lake Lucerne. Taken from Merlischachen.

43: Lake Lucerne taken from Merlischachen. Looking towards Luzern. Mt Pilatus is in the distance.

44: The center of Küssnacht.

45: I took the funicular up to Chateau Gutsch. A view of Luzern using the wide angle adapter.

46: Chateau Gutsch.

47: A panorama of Luzern taken from Chateau Gutsch. A lot of work getting this one stitched (and some Photoshop work is still needed). Be sure to scroll to the middle where the view is.

48: A telephoto view of the Museggmauer, the city wall and towers. Taken from Chateau Gutsch.

49: A telephoto view of Kapellbrücke mit Wasserturm. Taken from Chateau Gutsch.

50: Some architecture in Luzern.

51: Hotel Alpha is where I stayed in Luzern.

52: An early morning view from my room at the Hotel Alpha. Taken on my last day.

53: On my train ride to the airport. The sun is coming out as I leave. A view of the Zugersee.

54: At the airport they use bicycles to get around. I have never seen this in an American airport.