Another picture of our Glacier Express Train ride....

....our friends took this as our train pulled in.

The Swiss can bake some...

....great French bread.  Only $1.22 for all that.  I also like the chocolate spread "Nutella."

Our Easter treat was having dinner at my cousin's chalet....

....Urs and Anita fixed us a delicous veal roast and this special bread.  GREAT MEAL as always.

This is what we see on our way....

....to the Archives.  These are Rapeseed plants and are all over Switzerland.  Beautiful.

At the Mission President's home....

....in Geneva, Switzerland.

A Senior Mission get together at the Mission Home...

....one couple was leaving, "our United Nations couple."

Jo Ann being helped by Mr. Favez....

.....who can actually read the old Latin writings.

Our lunch table at the Archives....

.....actually this is out in the foyer.  We bring our lunches everyday.

A beautiful building in Luzern....

......many of the buildings have these paintings on them.

Waiting for our ship to come in......

.....we feel like it has.

On Lake Luzern....

.....with our friends the Asay's.

Andermatt, Switzerland....

....in the Valley of the Bears.  There were bears like this throughout this village.

This is the Glacier Express Train....

.....which we took up the Swiss Alps in a 16 hour excursion.

Great mountain climes.....

.....and brakes on going down, provides for some excellent pictures.

Part of our excursion around Switzerland....

.....included this boat ride on lake Luzern.

Going pass mountain lakes...

.....whether by boat or train is a great.

The scenery of just about indescribable...

.....reminds be of a song,  "There is beauty all around...."

This is what the inside of the train looks like...

....mostly glass and that allows for a spectacular view on the Glacier Express Train.

Map of Switzerland.....

.....and our 16 hour train/boat trip around this beautiful country.  Switzerland is about

the size of Colorado or Vermant & New Hampshire combined.

The beautiful Castle of Oron....

.....can be seen from miles around.

Built in the 1200's....

....owned initally by the Lords of Oron.  Later the Counts of Gruyere and after they went bankrupt,a private family purchased it in 1555.  In 1798 it was used by the government for a military prison.In the 19 Century two rich families used the Castle of Oron as their home.  The later, The Gaiffes,lived there from 1870 to 1936 before it was purchased by a preservation society, who own ittoday. The Gaiffes family purchased about 20,000 books and they are stored in the Castle

library today.  It contains many French Romantic novels of the 18th Century.

The walls of the Castle....

....these afforded lots of protection.

The Castle tower....

....pretty impressive.

A water fountain....

....in the courtyard.

In the foyer of the Castle...

.....a typical animal of the day.

The Castle kitchen...

.....it also had a hugh fireplace.

One of the Castle's bedrooms...

.....with a heater on the right.

The hunting room....

.....hunting scenes all around the room.

A view out the window....

....and a look down below.

Another view out the window....

....you can see for miles and it's all beautiful.

The day we were there, a wedding was planned....

....here is the caterer delivering the refreshments.  What a great place for a wedding.

Now just waiting....

.....for the wedding party to come out.

After the tour....

.....a beautiful day here in Oron, Switzerland

This is about 2 miles from our house....

.....Jo Ann was singing, "The hills are alive.....with dandlelions"  Almost rhymes...if you say it right.

This field is across from the "Frog" sign.....

....maybe frogs like dandelions.

This is the view we get each morning......

.....as we drive to the Archives.  Thousands of vineyards reaching up the mountains.

If you look closely on the top of the hill.....

....there is a Big Castle.  More pictures will come in the future, after it opens in May.

This sign is about 2 miles from our apartment.....

......I can't imagine what it means?????

There must be something to this........

.

....but I'm not sure who to ask what.....??

This was done in the year 1757.....

....If you can magnify this, do so and look at the intricate design this person

made over 250 years ago, with some sort of ink pen.  No smuges or mistakes.

It was in the front of a book that I numbered this week.