Day 162: Largest Waterfall in Europe
Date: 10 FEB 2009
Ready to go again. Cam whoring while waiting for the tram. This is my shy look. :P Cute right? wahahaha...
Going out of Zurich today and so I have to take the train.
So where to? To see the largest waterfall in Europe. And the name of this place is....
Its about a 20 minutes walk to the waterfall from the train station. Took some pictures along the way.
First sight of the waterfall.
Still following the river, I soon arrived at the front of the waterfall.
Ok, its time for more photos. BUt wait, LOOK!!
A swan!!
Its head is going down the water.
Erm... Hey Miss Swan, why are you showing me your ass?!?!
Well, never mind the swan. Lets take more pictures.
Leaving the waterfall, I hop onto the train again, heading towards the next destination. This train was colourful.
There were beautiful scenery along the way and it traveled along the border of Switzerland and Germany, and so I caught a glimpse of Germany. Its on the other side of the river.
I am now in St Gallen.
On the streets of St Gallen.
I find the buildings here very unique. Each of them has its own character.
My main purpose of coming to St Gallen is to visit the St Gallen Abbey Precinct, which was for many centuries one of the chief Benedictine abbeys in Europe. The Abbey has existed since 719 and became an independent principality during the 13th Century. It was founded by Saint Othmar on the spot where Saint Gall had erected his Hermitage.
The library at the Abbey is the oldest library in Switzerland and one of the richest medieval libraries in the world. It is also one of earliest and most important monastic libraries in the world. It holds 2,100 manuscripts dating back to the 8th through the 15th centuries, 1,650 incunabula (printed before 1500), and old printed books. The library holds almost 160,000 volumes. The manuscript B of the Nibelungenlied is kept here.
The library hall in a baroque style is considered the most beautiful non-sacred room of this style in Switzerland and one of the most perfect library halls around the world. In 1983 the library together with the Abbey of St. Gall were made a World Heritage Site, as "a perfect example of a great Carolingian monastery".
A virtual library was created to provide access to the manuscripts — Codices Electronici Sangallenses. Currently 174 manuscripts are preserved in digital format.
However, I got here too late and it was already closed. So I can only have a look on the outside.
Here's a picture I got from the internet of interior of the library.
There is another very interesting place to see in St Gallen. They built a living room in the middle of the city and look at the cute parking lot. Pictures of cars means its a car parking lot.
Moving pass the cute carpark, I got to the "living room".
Everything here is so expensive and so I searched high and low for a cheap place to dine. Eventually I managed to find a relatively cheap (still not very cheap though) restaurant for dinner.
It started snowing very heavily after dinner.
Back at the train station, waiting for the train to arrival.
Then it was back to Zurich....
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Ready to go again. Cam whoring while waiting for the tram. This is my shy look. :P Cute right? wahahaha...
Going out of Zurich today and so I have to take the train.
So where to? To see the largest waterfall in Europe. And the name of this place is....
Its about a 20 minutes walk to the waterfall from the train station. Took some pictures along the way.
First sight of the waterfall.
Still following the river, I soon arrived at the front of the waterfall.
Ok, its time for more photos. BUt wait, LOOK!!
A swan!!
Its head is going down the water.
Erm... Hey Miss Swan, why are you showing me your ass?!?!
Well, never mind the swan. Lets take more pictures.
Leaving the waterfall, I hop onto the train again, heading towards the next destination. This train was colourful.
There were beautiful scenery along the way and it traveled along the border of Switzerland and Germany, and so I caught a glimpse of Germany. Its on the other side of the river.
I am now in St Gallen.
On the streets of St Gallen.
I find the buildings here very unique. Each of them has its own character.
My main purpose of coming to St Gallen is to visit the St Gallen Abbey Precinct, which was for many centuries one of the chief Benedictine abbeys in Europe. The Abbey has existed since 719 and became an independent principality during the 13th Century. It was founded by Saint Othmar on the spot where Saint Gall had erected his Hermitage.
The library at the Abbey is the oldest library in Switzerland and one of the richest medieval libraries in the world. It is also one of earliest and most important monastic libraries in the world. It holds 2,100 manuscripts dating back to the 8th through the 15th centuries, 1,650 incunabula (printed before 1500), and old printed books. The library holds almost 160,000 volumes. The manuscript B of the Nibelungenlied is kept here.
The library hall in a baroque style is considered the most beautiful non-sacred room of this style in Switzerland and one of the most perfect library halls around the world. In 1983 the library together with the Abbey of St. Gall were made a World Heritage Site, as "a perfect example of a great Carolingian monastery".
A virtual library was created to provide access to the manuscripts — Codices Electronici Sangallenses. Currently 174 manuscripts are preserved in digital format.
However, I got here too late and it was already closed. So I can only have a look on the outside.
Here's a picture I got from the internet of interior of the library.
There is another very interesting place to see in St Gallen. They built a living room in the middle of the city and look at the cute parking lot. Pictures of cars means its a car parking lot.
Moving pass the cute carpark, I got to the "living room".
Everything here is so expensive and so I searched high and low for a cheap place to dine. Eventually I managed to find a relatively cheap (still not very cheap though) restaurant for dinner.
It started snowing very heavily after dinner.
Back at the train station, waiting for the train to arrival.
Then it was back to Zurich....
*Click HERE to return to the Main Page of The Cold Journey.*
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