Really Really Old Timepieces

You would really have to put this in the right place. I can see Marcia and me with this clock. "You have to put it...blah, blah, blah," she says.

"Oh for Pete's sake," I say. "I don't know how to work it-too complicated. You take the damn thing. I'll light the candle."

It never occurred to me that hourglasses could be hung on the wall-early wall clocks.

Don't ask me how they work-everything is in German.

KG

Beyer Clock Museum

I'll start with my signature clock-and that of my sibs and even some cousins on my mother's side.

Marcia and I were at the English bookstore on Bahnhof Str. looking for some guidebooks about Zurich. I just happened to open to a page that suggested the clock museum in the basement of the Beyer clock and watch jewelry store just down the street, so I opted for it and wasn't sorry. The next series of blogs will be full of clocks.

I had just given my backpack to the lady in charge at about 5 of 14:00, so I asked if I should be prepared for cacophony in 5 minutes. She assured me that they were not wound and then proceeded to show me one of the loudest-I'll show you too. It has quite a few bells on it's top and it was in a farmhouse, so it probably called the family and farmhands in for meals.

She was quite informative and I enjoyed our chat. She steered me to the Beyer collection, a sort of family history through timepieces. I'll show you that too.

KG

Haupbahnhof (Hbf) and Around

Escher statue.

Swiss Historical Museum

Wasn't this the angel from San Diego?

KG

Bahnhof Strasse

The water flowing out of the fountains is good to drink. We can fill our waterbottles or cool off or just clean up a bit if we want.

"Oh The Places You'll Go!"

KG

Switzerland-First Day

Rene and Birget took us us a narrow mountain road-closed on Sundays for walkers. There is a little restaurant at the top and this view.



This is our view of the church clock that we hear on the hour and quarter hours. Nevermind the neighbors stuff.



Sometimes we see a hot air balloon to the south, and sometimes to the north. This one is to the north-behind the house and uphill.




Happy traveler enjoying a day of rest. Sometimes we put the awning out. Sometimes we take a nap out here or have dinner out here. Very Nice!

KG

Savannah carriage ride

Marilyn of the Magnolias-by City Market Cafe.

American and Rainbow flag near City Market.

African Baptist Church built by slaves.

KG

Fort Pulaski National Monument-Savannah, Georgia

Entrance

Forts of this time had moats. This moat has allagators.

Inside the fort. This fort is pentagonal, but the two "sides" are short.

This side of the fort faces Tybee Island.

The flag being flown at the time this fort was captured by Union forces looks a bit different than the stars and bars with which we are familiar. The Confederate flag being lowered is more like the Union flag-a blue square with stars in a circle and large red and white stripes. It flies over the fort during the day but is lowered in the late afternoon after the last of the reinactments and the current US flag is raised.

It's the end of the day and the reinactors are enjoying an anacronistic moment with the cell phone.

KG