WWOT: Can anyone read this?

wwaag wrote on 2/19/2015, 5:53 PM


This photo (cropped, blown up 200%) was taken in the Swiss alps in 1980. I believe the lettering is some type of German gothic. I can make out the lower case letters OK (I think--oumerlaverne), but the first letter is a mystery. It doesn't seem to correspond to any upper case letters for the German gothic fonts I've seen. Any ideas?

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xberk wrote on 2/19/2015, 6:05 PM
It's obvious. Turn left. Eat some schnitzel. Drink some beer. Sleep it off. Continue the journey. We all could learn a lot from the Swiss.

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MTuggy wrote on 2/19/2015, 6:09 PM
Baumertaverne

Baumer is probably the formal name (like the owner) but can mean "tree". A taverne is just what is sounds like. Maybe it was an older logger's tavern.

"I'm a lumberjack and I'm OK" comes to mind...

Bitte schön,

MT
wwaag wrote on 2/19/2015, 6:27 PM
Thanks so much for the quick reply. It was a small inn. Beneath this sign was another--hotel zimmer frei which I understood. It was located east of the Susten Pass toward Innertkirchen. My wife, mother and I spent a memorable evening there in Sept 1980--bed & breakfast for 3--$9. Again, thanks.

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