Day 26 - Bern

UWe were blessed with a good breakfast to prepare us for a full day of sightseeing. We bought a pass that would allow us into almost every museum in Bern. We were off! Our first stop was the Rosengarten which is a big park with lots of roses. We then hopped on a bus and went to the middle of Bern to where they were having a big market day! But before we got started looking through that, we found a fountain with an unusual statue of a Ogre eating babies. Bizarre! After going through the market we took a bus to the Bern History and Einstein museum. We spent a couple of hours there. Then tried the Alpine Museum but they literally had nothing there. Weird. Spent a little bit of time at the Natural History museum that was really kind of bizarre yet entertaining. We did learn about Barry the St. Bernard who saved 40 lives in his lifetime. And since these museums were all within a block we were making good use of our passes. Next up lunch...Ed had found a good place online but had not made any notes on it. No problem...a quick trip to the information office and we were off on another bus for a simple and delicious lunch. We looked at our museum book for more to visit but they were closed or too far away so we went to the house where Albert Einstein lived in the early 1900's. While there a commotion broke out in the streets below. We peered through the second floor window and an organized demonstration was taking place. For more than thirty minutes they paraded down the street making lots of noise. After that we went to the second city gate that was built and later served as a jail. We climbed to the top for a nice view of the city. After a short rest and review of our map, we proceeded to a church where a choir was practicing so we sat again to listen. We finished with a stroll along the river and then took the bus home. We covered so much of the city and we utilized our bus and museum passes quite well.