solothurn, switzerland feb12, 2009

[c] 2009 doug duffey

meiringen, switzerland 2.1 & 2.2009

ferdinand as sherlock holmes

meiringen from my room

sherlock holmes statue

self portrait in hall mirror

the main bar

above: 2 of the dining rooms

hallway

street scene meiringen

hotel du sauvage- meiringen, switzerland- feb.1 & 2, 2009

we played friday and saturday in meiringen, in the hotel du sauvage [downstairs bar]-which is managed by my old friend ferdinand salverda [from the old days in gstaad- hotel bellevue]- i unfortunately didnt photograph. it's a great bar, and we had big and enthusiastic crowds both nights. it is much more modern than the rest of the hotel; but has lot of nice local art work, wood sculptures, etc.

the main floor, and halls of the hotel still has a lot of old european elegance [mosaic tile floors, art deco murals on the walls, etc.] about it- which is fading away fast in most places- for the sake of modernity... which i hate. too many sterile, cold, renovations going on in what were fabulus old buildings.

arthur conan doyle, author of the sherlock holmes stories, frequented this hotel, and had SH killed off behind the hotel in one of the books. thus all the SH references and fotos.

[c] 2009 doug duffey