Alpina Lucerne

... due to high winds. So we headed into town for the morning and decided to visit the mountain after lunch.

We cruised around Lucerne for the morning, checking out the expensive Rolex watches, a few landmark squares and churches, went across some famous bridges...cant quite remember the names of them at the moment.

We went to lunch at the Statdkellar Restaurant where we indulged in ...

... UNESCO (which I would love to work for someday), the International Bureau of Education, a professor of the Graduate Institute, and a collaborator from a journal. Overall pretty successful.

On Wednesday my friend Ace and I took a trip up to Zurich to use up our free train day pass. When we got up to Zurich we met up with two boys, one that Ace knew through a friend, and they showed us around Zurich. We walked down the ...

... built in the 14th century that had been almost burnt down a few times: the most recent damage still quite visible. The water was quite clear and was home to lots of swans who would follow us as we walked along the boardwalk hoping for a meal.
On the second day we took a train into Zurich and wandered around its streets looking for thegnomes (bankers) and finding a few nice areas to explore. On our last night we went out ...

... got the most helpful person ever and they sell the tickets there as well! She told us what bus to take and where to walk and everything we needed to know for the whole trip. So LEanne and I headed off to get the bus to take us to the Gondola's to get us up the mountain. So we got off the bus at the correct stop (we're really good at navigating on public transportation in every city we've been in!), walked a little ways to the start of the ...

... We caught the train back to Interlaken, to catch the Golden Pass Panoramic train to Luzern- as it went along the lakes and over the mountains, it was truly very scenic. Arriving in Lucerne and after getting our bearings, we walked past the famous covered bridge to our hotel which was in the old part of town. It was cold but clear when we went to have dinner but we soon realised that all of the restaurants in our area ...

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I had the worst night’s sleep so far on our trip. The beds were horrible and the quilts were not warm enough and kept slipping off. The pillows were stupid so we tucked our travel pillows underneath them, but they kept moving so you would wake up with no pillow under your head. Horrible!

Day 2 – Tuesday 15th September – We woke up this morning and I swore to Witek that I wanted to move accommodation. I wasn’t feeling well and the last thing I wanted ...

... road that goes over land and via some amazing views... you would have to see this road to believe it - cant remember if i have a pic of the scary parts of the road but its basically a road on stilts that looks propped up by plywood or something and its a freaky angle that you wouldnt think a bus could navigate but Johnno did! We stopped for some photos at this little kiosk thingy really high up the mountain and it smelt like an ...

... Again, the shoes were all on display by their sizes and after trying on a few pair of Geox shoes, I found a pair of Ecco sandals (again, kid's size) which felt so good on... they had 3 Velcro straps to adjust them and were so well supported and light, it was worth the buy. Of course, the additional 20% off the price was incentive. What can I say except that I'm Asian???

Next stop - the biggest shopping complex in Luzern but not before returning to our apartment (yeap ...

... movie choices. We all slept on the connecting flight from Amsterdam to Zurich, apparently missing a good breakfast. Our family of travelers consists of two parents (ages 53 & 50), three children (ages 13, 9 and 9), and two cats (Groucho and Sophie). Two points for the person who guesses for the correct reason whose mug is on the Welcome Page of our website. We're all fairly seasoned travelers, so everyone knows about "long flights" and "short flights", and ...