St.Gallen-Swizerland

St. Gallen was founded around 612 AD by a careless monk forging his way
through the valley of the river Steinach. Yes, the good but clumsy
St. Gallus fell into a briar patch, considered it a sign from God, and,
legend has it, built a hermitage there with the help of a bear. The
place became St. Gallen, and the bear is still found in the city's
standard. From this prickly beginning, St. Gallen developed into a
thriving cultural center by the 8th century, and today is Switzerland's
seventh largest city.

Getting to St. Gallen

St. Gallen is an hour from Zurich by train. Trains leaving St. Gallen for
Zurich also stop at the Zurich airport, which makes it a convenient place
to stop in the last leg of a trip when you're flying out of Zurich.

For those coming from Germany, St. Gallen is on the Munich-Zurich train
line.

At St. Gallen (pop.73,000), visit St. Gallen's town square, the baroque
cathedral and the world-renowned Abbey Library with an excellent collection
of medieval manuscripts.