Today some of us braved buckets of rain for an excursion into Switzerland’s heartland. First stop, Schwyz, as in the capital city of the canton of the same name. Switzerland has that oddity: the capital city of the canton of Zürich is Zürich, of Bern is Bern, of Geneva is Geneva, for many cantons, except ones like Appenzell which fought neighbor against neighbor over religion, until they decided to split into two parts of one canton, with the chief city of one having the canton name, and the other picking a random city from the mountains.
In Schwyz we stopped at the Victorinox factory, which was beset by the ongoing annoyances of limited entry, which, at ten minutes to lunch hour and people inside wandering aimlessly around, did not get us all in. But, no matter. The town was worth a look. And we stopped at the Weißer Rossli for a fine lunch.
This tiny chapel would welcome your donations for a renovation.
To be continued.....
So nice to have a descriptive blog post again
ReplyDeleteFun!!! What does Rossli mean? Is it a name? I couldn't find a translation for that word.
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