The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-11-13

"We arrived in Bern at 4:30, and
the station there looked so much like
big station in the U. S. that | had
to blink my eyes a couple of times to
be sure l wasn't dreaming. Then, too,
everyone seemed so friendly, smiling
and greeting us in English. This was
one of the things which amazed me
about the Swiss-their ability to
speak English so well; they were not
at all like where / am stationed in
Germany where just the children and
the real old folk are friendly to
American soldiers.
Spotless Swiss Cities
"It also was amazing to see the
absolute cleanliness in the railroad
station, in the streets and everywhere
about Bern. Even the street cutters
are spotless, and this was true of
every place we went in Switzerland.
The Swiss are indeed the cleanest,
neatest and as modern in their ways
as the U. S.; even surprising us |
believe on the appearance of their
towns, cities and public places.
"There doesn't seem to be a real
rich class of people there, but neither
ar the people poorly dressed; nor
does a person see any ramshackle
homes.
81 was of the opinion that they are
surely an industrious, well-educated
class of people, who are we'll able to
take care of themselves without a
whole lot of advice, or a billion-dollar
loan from Uncle Sam once in awhile
Also, they dress so much like we do,
drive American-made cars and to-
gether with their friendly attitude
made us feel like we were somewhere
in the states.
Covered Sidewalks
Switzerland and Germany are
about as much alike as night and day.
We stayed at the beautiful Hotel
Metropole, and walked about the
streets of Bern that night. Although
it was raining hard we didn't get wet
because the sidewalks have concrete
roofs over them. That was something
new to me, as it seemed funny to walk
along window shopping in the dry,
while it was raining hard just beyond
the edge of the walk.
"On the ride from Bern to Inter
laken the next morning, saw some
of the most beautiful scenery I've
ever seen or hope to see. Those
beautiful snow-capped mountains as
background for the many beautiful
lakes located just below them was a
! sight I'll never forget.
when we got to Interlaken all we
could do for a few minutes was to
stand and look at the scenery. Es-
pecially at the very high Jungfrau
mountain, which is one of the two
most famous Alpine peaks, towering
up into the clouds. There also were
many other high peaks, with deep
snow Gaping them.
"The ride from Interlaken to Lu-
cerne the next day was one which
can't be described so far as beauty OF
the scenery is concerned. Going to
Lucerne we rode a train pulled by an
electric engine, which had to go up
over one pretty high mountain. That
was really some thrill, to ride train
going uphill at such a steep angle
Several Swiss people were in the same
car and got quite a kick out of our
"ohs" and "ahs" and leaning out of
the train windows, which you can do
on European trains, to look thousands
of feet below us. They don't seem to
think much about the beauty, and one
old Swiss gentleman snored in his
sleep all the way up the mountain" I"
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