Parade at the Marine Barracks, Washington

Parade at the Marine Barracks at 8th and I, the "oldest post in the Corps"

The Marine bulldogs are all named "Chesty" (the Thirteenth, the Fourteenth, etc) and they have actual military ranks. One of the Chesties ran away one time--he was given a dishonorable discharge.

One of our colleagues is a Marine Officer so we were able to go to the Officers' Club. Now that was really interesting, but I don't have any photos. An old house the walls of which are decorated with flags, swords, rifles, paintings, and so on.

Zürich & Lake Zürich

Pics from early August

Oeschinensee

We went up with a cable car and walked to a glacial lake called Oeschinensee...

The lake was fed by many waterfalls coming down from various glaciers.

I'm in this picture

Berner Oberland

The next night, we stayed in a hotel in the Berner Oberland, in the middle of the mountains.

The ideal mountain, I think.

Here is the hotel. Built in 1753.

Iseltwald

A little town also on the Brienzersee, where we swam.

Brienzersee

We stayed in an amazing hotel on the Brienzersee.

View from my window

You could walk behind the waterfall.

Drive through Switzerland

M. B. and the motorcycle

Black Forest

Just some snapshots from the window of a train going through Baden-Württemberg...