Janann Sherman sends pictures from trip to Austria, Italy, and Switzerland

During the period between the end of the Spring Semester and the beginning of the First Summer Term, Dr Janann Sherman, Chair of the Department of History, visited Austria, Italy, and Switzerland. Out of the hundreds of photographs she took, here are a few to give some of the flavor of her visit.

A street in the center of Innsbruck, Austria

A scene among the Dolomite mountains in northern Italy

A view from a Swiss highway

Chateau Chillion is a beautifully preserved 13th-century castle on the shores of Lake Geneva

The interior of a path between the monastery and the church in Balzano, Italy

The Doges Palace in St. Mark's Square, Venice

Speedboats on the Grand Canal, Venice

Church of Santa Maria del Salute from the tower in St. Mark's Square

A lovely scene as the sun goes down and the lights come on along the Grand Canal

My favorite shot of one of the lesser canals

Gondolas on the Grand Canal

The town of Lautenbrunner with its famous waterfall at the foot of the Swiss Alps

A village, taken from the train on the way to the Top of Europe, the Jungfraujoch

A view of the setting for the small town of Sion, Switzerland

Swiss love their cows, whether the real ones or these whimsical painted ones.