Luzern

(Luzern!!!)

Our final destination in Switzerland was this little place called Luzern. Bobcatt had already been there and said it was amazing, but the rest of us hadn’t. We kept hearing it was a cool place to check out, and I actually had been told by Carrie-the-girl-with-Curls who was sitting next to me on my flight to Europe that it was a must to check out while in Switzerland. Let me just say that all these expectations were met. The second we got of our train I was stunned by Luzern. It was simply gorgeous.

The sitting is filled with tower walls and these old wooden bridges to cross the river, and the city itself is just filled with this energy.

We decided that we must first hit the most famous site in Luzern that Mark Twain himself called “The saddest sight he had ever seen”, this being the famous statue of the slain lion commemorating the Swiss Guards who lost their lives when they had defended Marie Antoinette from a mob of Parisians. It really was a moving peace, and all though a really cool statue it was a bit of a Debbie Downer.

We decided to scale the towers and look at the view of the city. We then explored the city more and lull and behold I ran into Carrie-the-girl-with-Curls in Luzern. It was really random and quite funny meeting up on the streets when we had just met about five days before on a plane headed for Luxembourg. Again wandering aimlessly has proven to lead to some interesting stories.

We parted then the three of us got some bread, cheese from Appenzeller (soooooo gooooood), and wine. We sat down by the river enjoying this meal with the swans. Once finished we checked out the cathedral behind us and moved on to a Picasso art museum.

All in all it was a pretty sweet day…but now it was time for us to go to our home for the next four months.

(Taking the train "Home")

Oh yea I found Bruce Wayne in one of the towers: