Yesterday, we went to Fortress Fuigen and Stanserhorn mountain by Lake Lucerne. Even though Switzerland is neutral, it has lots of camouflaged fortresses. Every Tunnel and Bridge has explosives to blow them up. Fortress Fuigen was built during WWII and was modified during the Cold War for protection from a nuclear war. At the end of the Cold War it was retooled with weapons from it's WWII and early Cold War days and turned into a museum. You can aim and fire some of the weapons (the ammunition isn't there;-) ). I fired a cannon (upper right) and a machine gun (lower right). Afterwards we took a train to Stans to go to the Stanserhorn mountain. We took a funicular up, and then switched to a cable car that took us to the top of the mountain. There was a great view of the Alps. The nearest mountain was Mt. Pilatus which has the steepest cog-wheel railway in the world! I also made snowballs!!
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Well, you do need strong defenses to protect your right to be neutral, so it does make sense. (In a stupid "my guns are bigger than your guns" sort of way.)
Andrea
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