Ballenberg Open Air Museum and Interlaken

Today we took the train and one short bus ride to the Ballenberg Open Air Museum. The museum covers 163 acres with over 110 buildings from all over Switzerland. There are huge farm houses to hay storage buildings and hunters huts. The oldest house dates from 1336. They have staff in period dress explaining how life was back then. There are all kinds of farm animals. They dismantle the buildings and reinstall brick by brick or timber by timber.



This was a wealthy industrialist summer home


Farm


Turkey


Here is where the made their medications from herbs


Geese



Cooking kitchen


Farm equipment


This guy was replacing wooden slats


Check out the bell


Nothing is flat here. We walked over 7 miles, up hill and down


Grape arbor


Making baskets


Feeding her calf


Pear tree against house





Lots of hungry piglets

Interlaken
Casino


Beautiful flowers everywhere


We saw at least 9 para gliders landing in a grassy area right in the center of town








This is the 5 star BeauRivage. Not in my budget.
Tomorrow it is off to Zurich. Vacation is almost over.

Location:Switzerland