More Switzerland: St. Gallen

When my Mom decided to make the trip back in July, I had asked her where she had really wanted to visit while she was here as I wanted to make a short trip out of a place different from here. She chose St. Gallen, Switzerland because of the historic monestary and its ancient, but well preserved library. We ultimately didn't stay in St. Gallen, but enjoyed its cuteness and history on our visit there. Like most European cities there is an area of the entire city that is called the "old city" and that is where all of the good stuff is! Here is a look at one of the main pedestrian streets.

And the really cute apartments that hover over the shops and restaurants in the area...

At the edge of the old city we came upon a really pretty fountain, although there were a couple of others in the old part as well.

And more super cuteness...

We saw a lot of decorated windows, with hand painted murals and carved out details. I haven't seen much of this where I have previously been so I thought it was adorable, especially in a town like this one.
The monestary probably draws the biggest crowd as it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It has a really beautiful church on its grounds as well as a really old and preserved library called the Stiftsbibliotek. It is quite an amazing place and now serves as part of the university. Unfortunately, no pictures were allowed to be taken in the library, but it was very cool. This is a statue of the guy who founded the Abbey, St. Othmar.

The church is huge and very beautiful on the outside...

...and just as impressive inside too!

It was cute, but I am glad we didn't stay there as it gave us a chance to discover another area in Switzerland called Rorschacherberg near the Bodensee/Lake Konstanz. More on that later!

Auf Wiedersehen!