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Going to switzerland for the ski season but next year Canada! As soon as my little house is done, I'm ready to get some more experience in log building and timber framing. One more month before applying for my visa

Where in Switzerland?

I'm heading to Verbier, where are you?

Indiana

But family and friends in the Berner Oberland, not far from Thun. They would be across the ridge to the north from you, in the high Alps.

If you go up to Adelboden, that is where every year the world ski championships are held. Wonderful place, and tremendous architecture.

I was not far from Thun last year in Schwarzenburg visiting a friend.
well maybe I'll take a trip to Adelboden, but first of all, work and ski Verbier and Chamonix is on the list

The roof framing of Schloss Thun is the most impressive heavy timber framing I have ever seen in my life, worth the admission price to the Castle Museum just in itself (which is like, 5 or 10 franks maybe?) Then there are the old wooden bridges in Thun, also impressive. I would highly recommend a visit.

If you really want to see some great buildings, do not hesitate to go to the Ballenberg Museum if you ever can make it, unfortunately it is closed until 12 April 2014.

I have family in Schwarzenberg. The Bähler family comes from Wattenwil which is very near Schwarzenberg, the next valley over.

Bähler, is a chiroprator woman from your family? don't remeber the name but if my memery is good I think her family name was Bähler..

There are many Bählers in Canton Bern, but we are all related back far enough. We always said there are only 2 places in the world where the name is common -At the foot of the Alps in the Canton of Bern, and in west-central Indiana.