Wednesday 29 September 2010

Last Morning in Switzerland - Mountains & Taxidermy!

Awoke in Kriens to the sight out of my bedroom window of a snow topped mountain briefly appearing out of the clouds (after this it vanished once more and wasn't seen again before we left):-


We went to breakfast just down the road. The hotel was in an industrial area and there weren't many places to go, just a small shopping centre and one little cafe, presumably for the local workers.

We plumped for the cafe, and were immediately treated to a place full of taxidermy of hunting scenes, including this rather realistic but somewhat creepy stuffed fox:-


On heading just across the border into Germany (a beautiful sleepy little place called Auggen), this appeared to be a theme of the area, as the local restaurant in the town was also full of stuffed birds, animal heads on the walls, and even a painting of a pheasant... rather dead and hanging upside down after being shot! If you're a vegetarian you won't find much to eat in this part of the world, it seems!


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