Picture Post 13

The famous covered bridge of Lucerne, called the Chapel bridge, made in the 14th century. The tower used to be an oubliette

Found him!!!


This lion is dedicated to Swiss Guards who died trying to keep an angry mob from the French monarchs King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette during the French Revolution. Without a doubt the saddest sculpture I've ever seen.

Lucerne has many buildings with painted frescoes

This is the Allgau

Castle Neuchwanstein, also surprisingly one of the candidates for the seven wonders of the modern world.

A view from inside the castle

This is the Allgau

The town of Fussen

This is the Allgau (during a storm)

The small village of Zell where I stayed

Breitachklamm canyon and the path that winds through it

This is the Allgau

This is the Allgau mountains from a higher vantage point

Looking down the ramp for an Alpine ski jump. It's pretty scary.

In the morning, the region is covered with mist giving it an etherealness