Appenzell

So we were we were trying to get from like the top corner of Switzerland.

We were in Appenzell.

Yeah.

Near Zurich, basically.

Deep snow is lying on the adjacent hills.

There has been again a tremendous inundation in Appenzell, which has done the greatest damage and destroyed all the roads.

At the lake of Zurich there are numbers of pilgrimages and the processions on account of the weather.

I was obliged to drive here this morning, as all the footpaths were covered with mud and water.

It seems prettily situated, with a castle on the hill, but I cannot go a step beyond the door.

Evening.

Yesterday at this time I still projected a pedestrian tour, and wished at all events to go through the whole of the Appenzell.

It was a strange feeling when I learned that all mountain excursions were probably at an end for this year.

So they, at some point, they are pushed into a loyalty conflict and you cannot predict the results of what's going to happen.

So a good example is the first canton of Switzerland which became democratic was Appenzell or Emmental, I think Appenzell, in 1833.

And there was a duke And the people, I think 9,000 farmers, rebelled and protested and went to the streets and went to the palace to displace the Duke.

And the Duke had a, it was a small, you know, canton, so small federal units.