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Newsgroups: alt.horology
From: SWG <swisswatch...@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2009 07:51:48 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Sun 5 July 2009 15:51
Subject: Re: La Chaux-de-Fonds and Le Locle now Unesco World Heritage Sites in Europe
On Jun 29, 6:02 pm, "Jack Denver" <nunuv...@netscape.net> wrote:
> I have mixed feelings about this - I would rather see Le Locle as a vital I understand your viewpoint. Actually, both cities are very active and > manufacturing center (and BTW, real working factories are rarely much to > look at) than as a museum. I once went down into a former coal mine, where > they had retired mine workers giving tours to tourists and it was a little > heartbreaking that this was a museum of a mine and not a real mine. > Likewise, Venice at this point is no longer a real living city but a giant > tourist trap. In China today, they don't have factory museums, they have > actual factories. I realize that Switz. does also, but this is a step in the > wrong direction IMHO - too much of Europe is being preserved in amber. > "SWG" <swisswatch...@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:c9ba1e89-d089-4cc3-b29b-8a30ecb0e722@e21g2000yqb.googlegroups.com... > > La Chaux-de-Fonds and Le Locle since today have been listed as an > >http://www.myswitzerland.com/en.cfm/home/citytrips/offer-Destinations... turned toward the future in their undertakings, without destroying the tokens of their past. It appears tob e a good mix, especially since our Western World seems to be arrived at a stage where the stage of economic and financial wellfare is being questioned. Older people tend to look back at their roots, so do older The need for romance and spiritual wellness is upsurging. The Best regards You must Sign in before you can post messages.
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