Appenzell - You are weird...and wonderful - Part 2

 

Last full day in Switzerland.  Back to Appenzell.  This time, sunshine and warm!

Train to Appenzell

Need any Gnomes?

We walked through town from the train station to the town square.  Ornate, decorated buildings of all ages...

It wasn't always easy figuring out what was going on...

Not a Bernese Bear.  An Appenzell Bear.

Church with a crooked apse!

Modern building with ornate decor.

Typical Swiss.  Flowers everywhere.

The Town Square.  Also parking lot.

Restaurant lunch stop

A small chruch.  Very small.

inside the small church

Belts from this region.  Each icon depict some particular activity or history.

Not-so-secret-ballot. Appenzell votes by gathering in the town square and taking the vote.  Up until 1990, it was men only.  Yes, really.

Casting a ballot in Appenzell.

Drink local!

Last chance for Swiss food.

After lunch we wondered around the town.

Vise garden?

Anvil garden.  Wonder what the seeds look like?

Art.  Nee machinery.

This part of Switzerland was just a bit less pristine than the rest.  Some weeds, some things needed paint.

Some more art.

Houses old and new all had the same sort of Appenzell architecture.  I bit different from that in the rest of the country.  Lots of painted details and pictures on the buildings.

Tiny scalloped siding was pretty common.

Like most towns, there is a sharp edge between town and rural.  No sprawl at all.

Not the real world.

Finally, it was time to go back to Zurich, and then the real world.

Appenzell receding from view.

As we head home, this train heads toward Appenzell.

Train back to Zurich

We were really glad we took the time to go to Appenzell.  It was a bit off the beaten track and not like the other places we'd been.  But, like every other place in Switzerland, it was really easy to get to and get around.