Front middle of the first photo where the two blurred people are is where the station escalator is situated. In that photo you can also see the bar that we visited most nights, the two windows bottom left to the front of the hotel and the four windows around the left side of the [...]
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The Hotel Monopol
14 Comments CherryPie on Aug 8th 2013
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An Extraordinary Man
I invite you to join me at Vision & Verb to read my very brief history of Lord William Armstrong who was an inspiring scientist, innovator and philanthropist.
Comments Off CherryPie on Aug 8th 2013
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Lucerne – Day Six
After breakfast our first port of call was the Jesuit Church which we had been meaning to visit all week. The inside reminded me very much of an ornate wedding cake. We then ventured into the Museum of Art which is located in the Culture and Convention Centre (KKL). We were tempted there by [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Aug 6th 2013
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Lucerne – Day Five
We made what, because of the heat, seemed a long trek to the old town wall in order to view it and climb some of its towers. When we arrived at the wall I wimped out part way up the first tower (I am not very good with heights) so, whilst Mr C ascended [...]
11 Comments CherryPie on Aug 5th 2013
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
Though human ingenuity may make various inventions which, by the help of various machines, answer the same end, it will never devise any invention more beautiful, nor more simple, nor more to the purpose than Nature does; because in her inventions nothing is wanting and nothing is superfluous
Leonardo da Vinci
25 Comments CherryPie on Aug 4th 2013
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Lucerne – Day Four
The weather forecast predicted that there was quite a high chance of thunderstorms so we opted for the safe option of visiting the museum of transport. We chose to walk alongside the lake to get there and the views along the way were fabulous and very photogenic.
The museum was excellent and we spent most [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Aug 3rd 2013
