This is a beautiful Clock Tower in .....

......center of Berne, Switzerland.  The metalic man at the top has a large hammer in his hand and on the hour he strikes the large bell, while other smaller figures play music and revolve around.  Hundred of people watch and take pictures every hour.  My Dad/Mom took a 8 mm movie of this in 1955 and I always remembered it.  Now I've seen it for my self.

This is one of the hundreds....

 

......of statues in and on the outside of this Gothic Cathedral.  It was started to be build in 1421 and actually finished in 1893.  It is Switzerland's tallest (328 ft high) and largest church.

The Berne Cathedral....

......is beautiful, even at night.

The city of Berne Switzerland....

.....got it's name from it's bears.  (Bern in German mean bear)  They have a big bear pit in town.  Berne is the French spelling of the capital of Switzerland.

Bill & Willie Strebel....

....Willie is my second cousin and is a great guy...full of life at 76 years old.

Bill and family.....

.....My Dad's cousin Fanny and my second cousin Willie.

This is my Dad's 1st Cousin - Fanny....

.....She was a favorite of my Dad's and is now 95 years old.