Our hotel in the beautiful city was only a block away from the waterfront. When we reached it on an initial walking tour, the famous Chapel Bridge was there to greet us.
A bridge was built in the area where a lake turns into a river (and eventually ends up in the Rhine) in 1365. It went out to a tower, which was built around 1335. In order to connect fortifications, the bridge changes direction along the way. It's now the oldest truss bridge in the world.
However, it almost didn't make it to the 21st century. It suffered heavy damage in a fire in 1993. Some of the interior triangular paintings that told the town's history were destroyed. It took a year to fix things up, and the remaining paintings are still in place.
We walked across it several times during our stay in the Swiss city, and a smile came along every time.
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