Brig & Visp

Going to Interlaken in the previous post we saw an interesting sight at Visp station - a train of flat cars carrying a large number of trucks through the Simplon tunnel en route to Italy. Such trains remove a lot of slow traffic from the roads and speed up their journey to destination. (pictured)

After visiting Lauterbrunnen and the falls, we returned to Brig, which is close to Visp up the Rhone valley. It's an attractive town, with architecture more Italianate than traditional Swiss images. It is close to hot springs and the rumour is that Julius Ceasar visited the place several times. Today it looks prosperous and relaxed as the pictures show, and our visit was a relaxing occasion. After walking around for an hour, we sat down at a 'pub' to have a quiet ale ... except for Max who was ruled out of that.

The last rwo pictures show a wedding reception in the castle and Max playing with his Nintendo game, not in a sulk! And the previous one shows a rock band playing in the main square.

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