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My new hometown of Thun!

Well, my official residence here in Switzerland is Strattleghugel 46, Gwatt 3645 and it is on top of this small mountain or big hill depending on who you talk to.  My Swiss friends consider it a hill -hmmm…. not so fast ….I consider it a mountain.Along the River

Anyway, it is on the outskirts of Thun.  Thun is a busy place with about 80,000 people including the surrounding areas.  Geographically it is built around the area where the Aare flows out or the “Thunersee” or Thun Lake.Along the River

Thun is in the canton of Bern and has the largest military presence in the country.  Most everyone is Swiss German, but the majority all have English.  So, it is pretty easy to get around and communicate with everyone.  Bern, the capitol is roughly 25-30 miles from Thun.

Along the RiverIt is a beautiful city that has a great area along the river with outdoor restaurants and shops.  (As of Monday the 31st of May the Covid restrictions are lifted and there can be indoor dining.)  I know many of my friends are looking forward to that.  Well, so am I for that matter.

The view is amazing.  First there is he beautiful lake and the then let’s talk mountains.  The Bernese Alps are right there – amazing scenery right in front of you all of the time.  I couldn’t tell you one peak from another … but they are impressive!

One thing I know for sure is that one of those peaks is the Eiger.  Come on … you remember the movie the “Eiger Sanction” with Clint Eastwood in the lead role back in the 70’s.  I know it wasn’t that great, but I learned that Eastwood did his own climbing and stunts for the movie (thanks Wikipedia!)

I’ve been wandering around he town to figure out things – found a decent pizza place.  But, looking for more places to sit down and eat.  Be sure to know, the food here is good!  Then again so is their beer …. oh yeah, so is the chocolate.

So, what more can you ask for.  A nice town, good places to eat, beer and chocolate all surrounded by a lake and beautiful mountains.  A picture perfect place to be coaching football in my semi-retirement.

Oh, how could I forget we have a castle here as well!  At some point I will figure out how to get up to that castle.  I wandered around a few days ago trying to find a way to get up there.

The magnificent Thun Castle  was built in the 12th century.  Its just unbelievable that these fantastic buildings were engineered in the 1100’s.  How did they figure out how to put these giant structures together?

Yup, I have it made!

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