Signs and Roads

We were out and about again last week, including a trip through Switzerland inspecting missionary apartments. I decided to snap a few pictures of signs, roads, etc. that are common to Europe that we see that would be unusual sights to Americans. So... if you are a European, please just skip to the next blog.

There is not much sense to the order of these, but I will do my best.

First of all, there are a LOT of round-a-bouts. You are sure to have seen a few of these in America, especially if you are in the East, but they are everywhere here. Sometimes they are pretty crazy. The first one is a normal one, usually 3 or 4. The basic symbol is the blue circle arrows sign.

Here is a more interesting one:

This one shows the Customs/Zoll places along the borders between countries. We crossed these 5 times that day.

This one is a road just before crossing the border between Austria and Switzerland (CH). Note the plentifully wide left turn lane. Driving lanes are kind of a fuzzy principle around here.

I had to throw this one in because we live in a fruit farming area. They sell apples all year round, but the also sell a lot of berries, etc. One thing I also wanted to show with this sign is the word they use for "plums."  When you say it, it sounds like you are choking on the pit: Zwetschgen. And no, the word "beer" that you see so much on this sign is the word for "berry," not beer.

I really don't know what this one is about. It says "Legalize Bratwurts!  Yes"  It is a political sign for something in Switzerland. (and yes, bratwursts are legal, as far as I know)

These are hiking.biking signs, saying how far away things are.

 This one has lettering on the building. The word Schmuck means jewelry.

Kirchgasse means church alley.

I love the word-less international signs, but this one is the funniest I have seen for a while. "Do not Enter!" I am hoping to mak a collection of these kinds of signs and get Quinn to make his own captions for them (inside family joke).