More of Switzerland

Yesterday we spend the day sightseeing around some other parts of Switzerland, taking the local roads and staying off the auto-route. We saw several castles--- each area has it's castle, and some are still actually defense posts. Each area has it's Cathedral also.  We had lunch at Gerard's (Helene's "boyfriend").  He is quite a way up in the mountains.  we have visited some of Helen's other friends who live in the mountains.  One is Liliane who is 82, and has 3 flights of stairs to get into her house, and then a couple more inside the house.  She just retired last year from working in her daughter's boutique-- a really off-beat clothing store called


Today I visited the Martigny museum, which was very interesting.  There is a beautiful sculpture garden with works by Henry Moore, Calder, and lots more. There is also an automobile museum, which I didn't expect to enjoy, but it was pretty extensive and showed many of the first automobiles, both European and American.


Time is winding down here.  Gloria and I leave here on Friday, taking the train to Geneva, and then fly to Montreal for a few days before returning to Vancouver.  It will be good to get home, even though this has been fantastic.