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<\/a>At a raclette dinner, each guest cooks their own morsels of food on the top of the raclette, then tops them with cheese melted in the bottom.<\/p><\/div>\n
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Sunday was Jon\u2019s first performance in Switzerland, at the Stadtkirche in Thun.\u00a0 We went down early and visited the Thun Schloss.<\/p>\n
<\/a>The Castle at Thun, from its courtyard.<\/p><\/div>\n
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<\/a>Thun Lake from Castle Tower<\/p><\/div>\n
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Often in Switzerland we have seen rooftop gardens.\u00a0\u00a0 This example is a tire shop, as seen from the tower of the Thun Schloss.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Thun tire store garden, complete with trampoline<\/p><\/div>\n
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The\u00a0Stadtkirche, the church where Jon performed, was a\u00a0 short walk from the castle.\u00a0 The event was part of Bach Week in Thun.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Berner Bach Chor rehearsing in the Thun Stadtkirche (Jon 2nd from left in back)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Our neighbors from Vendola, Val and Dennis, stayed a few days with us on their way to family visits in Sardinia and England.\u00a0 Flying into Zurich, they stayed overnight to see the city, then came down to Bern for 3 … Continue reading