Stans, Switzerland

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Stans, Switzerland

 Europe » Switzerland » Lucerne » Sarnen By Sailboarder_98
May 18th 2007 We flew from Mamchester to Zürich on our way home to visit friends in Stans. They included old friends from Pilatus Aircraft and the Pratt & Whitney Area Representative who is also retired and who lives in Lucerne. It was fabulous renewing these old friendships and we had a grand time. The pictures below record Donald's visit to the factory. We took our friends and their wives out to dinner and visited the Stanserhorn a cable train and cable car ride up the mountain 4,000 for a specatacular view of the countryside.

The area has many new tunnels and highways that had been built since my last visit in 1991! It was as a real pleasure to visit Switzerland again. Added to our visits to Wales and Glasgow, the Swiss visit capped a super visit to Europe.
Here endeth the blog.

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Photos

Aperitifs
Joan chats with Karl Trautmann. Hella Trautmann is on the left, Yvonne Houser on the right

Aperitifs 2
Dieter Klöckner, Fred Houser, Walter and margaret Odermatt.

Our dinner party
We had a superb dinner in Hergiswill

Pilatus
Arrival at the Pilatus Aircraft Factory

The Porter
The Pilatus Porter...we go back to 1962

The trainer
Walter Odermatt and Fred Houser watch the camera as Donald watches the trainer climb the Matterhorn!

Stans
The village of Stans is as picturesque as always.

Stanserhorn 1
A view from Stanserhorn

Stanserhorn 2
This view shows the runway in front of the Pilatus factory.

Stanserhorn 3
Here is one arm of Lake Lucerne

Stanserhorn 4
This is Stanstaad, a village next to Stans. It is nestled between two mountaind and faces lovely Lake Lucerne. This was where we stayed.