Bern, Switzerland

We only visited Bern for an afternoon. Our first stop was the bear pit, where five of the symbols of Bern are kept on display. We watched them frolic for a bit as other visitors tossed food to them.

After lunch, we waited for the hourly show at the Zietglockenturm, another animated clock as we'd seen in Prague and Munich. The display here was not what we had hoped for. Instead of dancing marionettes and musical chimes, we saw a sad little rooster who crowed three times and a king who turned over an hourglass. Not only that, but the date-keeping feature on the clock was a full four days off. Certainly not what one would expect from the Swiss.

We purchased some groceries for the days ahead and then took a train to Ins.