Well, my Tuesday travel episode saw me setting out to one of my favorite places in Switzerland. The beautiful municipality of Fribourg (or could be Freiburg from what I understand). A city I was introduced to by my friend Chris Krattiger.
Chris, his wife and their young daughter showed me a fantastic afternoon in the beautiful place. Since that first time four years ago I have spent several other days in Fribourg/Freiburg because it is just an interesting place.
The city was founded in 1157 (hmmm … Europe is just a little bit older than the US) and is located on both sides of the river Sarine. The “Old Town” part of Fribourg was established on a peninsula on the river and has cliffs around three sides and the river on the other. This made it a great location for a fort and the city that grew up around it (Fribourg means “Free Fort” in German I guess).
Regardless of the history of the name and the date of establishment – it is 
beautiful. A great place to visit and wander around. The views are really outstanding and the people there have shown me such kindness in my visits.
Unfortunately, the photos I share won’t give this lovely city the justice she deserves. (Oh yeah here in Europe we don’t do the pronoun stuff – a city is a “she” because of the great respect for women we have and not for any socio-political reasons. PC stuff did not follow me across the Atlantic.) Ooops! … a little off the track there. The reason for the somewhat lousy photos – ahhh … rain!
That brings me to the story.
I get up Tuesday morning saying to myself. “Great day to visit Fribourg – don’t you think??”
Oh yeah, let’s go Donny the C! – time to have a walk through one of my favorite places in Switzerland … take some pictures – eat in the same place I sat with Christian and his family … then the same place two years later the boss (wife) and I sat at as well. Will be a great day!
A beautiful sunny and temperate day. Some variable clouds hanging around – but seriously a very nice late June day.
Start down the hill (I have given up calling where I live in Gwatt a mountainside due to pressure from friends here). At about 100 meters (yes, I am becoming European with measurements as well) I stop. Well, could it rain??? Yeah it might.
Reverse course up the STEEP incline to Strattlighugel 46. Walk inside grab my rain jacket from Concordia University St. Paul Baseball …. Hmmm should I take the umbrella?? Nah, come on show some bravery here.
Left the umbrella behind (Dumbass!!).
Down the hill – jump on the Bus #1 from Gwatt Deltapark to Thun Bahnhof. Sun is out wonderful day – going to be just awesome.
Leap off the bus at the Bahnhof. A few minutes later grab a seat on the Train to Fribourg/Freiburg and settle in for the hour-long ride to my destination. Since I am rereading all of Lee Child’s Jack Reacher books – I start in on his second novel “Die Trying.”
OK … here is where Donny the C becomes his usual dumbass self.
I’m reading and looking out the suddenly clouding up and sprinkling skies. I hear Fribourg on the announcements – pack my I-pad, grab my coke, my rain jacket and step around the gate to get off the train (without falling by the way). Easily get off – train pulls away.
Ahhh scheisse! Not the Fribourg I remember. Then it starts raining – and HARD! Rain jacket on … dumbass Donny the C you scheisse head – should have brought that umbrella along. Walk around and find a map on the train stop wall.
I got off just one stop away from the Bahnhof in Fribourg … do I trek through the rain or just walk over to the opposite track?
I am not that much of a scheisse head to wander around in the rain – probably get lost again. Stick to what you know. Go under the bridge … up the stairs on the other platform … board the next train into Fribourg – finally! There I am!
Yup, me and a giant thunderstorm! Do you think you could find a place to buy an umbrella??? Yeah, dream on!
Anyway, the rain does let up and even stop for a while and I retrace my path of my last several visits. Down through “old Town” passing the shops and restaurants. Walking through the wonderful architecture and then back out
and across one of the bridges. Snapping shots along the way. I’ll certainly have to come back again on a sunny day.
But, here are the shots I could capture of one of the beautiful cities that sits on 
the border of the French and German sides of Switzerland. What a beautiful blend of the people of Switzerland in this historic city.
By the way I did drop a story into the blog at konkretekidinfootball.com. This one about starting out in coaching at Kutztown State (now Kutztown University but still the same place).
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