Berner Bach Chor likes to “beat the music to death”, in other words, they want their performances to be perfect so they rehearse intensely. This week this meant Jon had an extra Saturday rehearsal, originally planned for 2 pm to 9 pm, but changed to 2 to 6. Friday we had friends over for dinner who reminded us that this was the last Bern Free Museum Day, so with the morning free, we finally visited the Bern Historical Museum. Great! Looking forward to going back and seeing more as we only had 3 hours there.
Built to house the city's historical museum, the building itself is magnificent.
I came back to Bern to join Jon after his rehearsal, ostensibly to go to a co-worker’s party, but due to a mix-up resulting from the language barrier, we went to the wrong address and ended up simply eating dinner at a—fortunately very good—Japanese restaurant which we would never have found without the mix-up.
A well-preserved and displayed tapestry in Bern Historical Museum.
With only Sunday to bike, we chose to circle the Gurten, Bern’s massive hill-park. Jon planned a GPS route of 48km and we took off, knowing with cooler temps and a shorter ride, it would be a light day. Yeah, well, I wish I could show you the elevation profile!
We could see all the way to Thun Lake from the Gurten!
Anyway, we accomplished the task set before us, feeling rather proud when we analyzed our track: a max of 14% uphill grade and 21% down! Home again, home again, and naptime for you know who.