Einsiedeln, Switzerland

September 13th, 2008

On Saturday we hired a minivan and drove to Switzerland, through Zurich to Einsiedeln.  People who live in Einsiedeln are called Einsiedler, which also means “hermit” or “recluse”.  So Einsiedeln is an oxymoron, a community of hermits.  They take suspiciously good care of their cattle:

What was intended as a hiking weekend was transformed by rain and fog into a card-playing weekend.  Here’s the view out my window on Sunday morning:

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