normandcindysadventures

Monday, May 08, 2006

Now we know why the bakery was so crowded yesterday. Today is French Liberation from WWII day and nothing at all is open. No breakfast at all to be had anywhere. Good thing we are driving to Switzerland today where things will be open. We drove to Neuchatel and, after driving through the city unable to find the Chateau, we turned around and went back to the tourist information. We had to wait 20 minutes for it to reopen from lunch to find out that the guided tour of the castle started in 20 minutes and we had to walk to the castle as there is no parking near it. We made it to the castle right around starting time and a woman came out telling us she was the guide. We had a personal tour. The castle is used today as the home of local government. 150 people meet once a month to decide laws, etc for the area. If they cannot decide, the issue goes to Bern, the capital for decision. Oh, we forgot to mention that it was raining pretty hard while we walked to the castle and during our tour so no photos as the camera was left safe in the car. It then rained all the way to Bern.

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