
Thousand-year-old Zug, a treasure trove of tall, proud, medieval architecture, sits on Lake Zug and on a clear day yields views of such beautiful peaks as Rigi, Pilatus and, in the far distance, the giants of the Bernese Oberland.
On the day of our visit clouds hid the Alps and drizzle bounced off the lake and the cobbled squares and the half-timbered houses,

But in a huge round cage near the lakefront magnificent birds from all over the world rustled and darted and sang, and the most magnificent were five scarlet ibises.

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