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Today we went to downtown Bern and to the Zentrum Paul Klee.

We took a walk through a dormant rose garden and met up with Caren and her kids (friend of Jay and Monique). The rose garden was high up on a cliff above the city. Although it was hazy and overcast, we still had a good view and it was interesting to see the topography of Bern.

We walked down the hill from the garden and came to the Bern bear pits. I won’t go into the whole history, but essentially Bern was named after the first bear that one of the first settlers killed? or something like that? So, in Bern they have two big holes in the ground were they keep bears for tourist to look at and overfeed. According to Monique, Bern officials have decided that the bears situation really isn’t great and they are making a new bear pit that is much bigger. The bears will feel less like they are in captivity.

Then we catch the bus to the Zentrum Paul Klee. I had never heard of Paul Klee. But, I can say now that he has some stellar art. And an amazing amount of art. He was very prolific and some years did hundreds of pieces. Although, I think the museum counts every little thing he did in their numbers. He does have a lot of really good works, and it took longer than I ever imagined to get through the museum. There was just too much to look at. The building alone was quite interesting. I’ll have to fine a picture of it, as I was too lazy to get my camera out. Actually, I just had no idea I’d actually enjoy the place when I had the chance to snap a photo.

It was well worth it, and I’ll definitely take the chance to go back.