Hotel Landgasthof Staila Swiss Alps

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

Still in Beautiful Switzerland!!

We arrived in pretty Lucern after a long yet beautfil detour through the swiss alps... the train that was supposed to be beautiful, scenic and quick turned into long, scenic and on a bus for half... like everything else in this country, there was part of the tracks that were being worked on and closed! but it was ok, they had a bus waitin for us and ready... we jumped on the bus with the rest of the ...

... near the train station does! And get this (European movie theatres are ridiculous!), we could buy the tickets for the other theatre at this one, and they are reserved seating so the guy asked us where we wanted to sit...we were confused at first but just told him to pick wherever he though was good. So we headed towards the train station...and then it dawned on us how early we really were...HOURS early. So we went to grab a bite to eat...and ...

... we must have just missed one, but as it was the next bus wasn't coming for a while so we decided to do what you do in Switzerland - hike! Now we didn't exactly have an appropriate map, but we figured we could figure it out... famous last words. We started out trying to follow the path signs but after a little while ended up on the road. That's right, we're in beautiful mountainous Switzerland, hiking down the pavement. After about 80 ...

... on Switzerland in general so I was expecting a city with skyscrapers and I was so pleased to find this wonderful city.My hotel was situated in the old part of Lucerne and after I checked into the hotel I went straight off to the Transportation Museum. I am appalled to say that I spent approximately 4 hours in the museum - mostly with the trains and the history of the Swiss railways. It was fascinating for me to see aspects of the development of the railways in ...

... do not open until 9.30am and with it raining i found it pretty boring which was a shame after what Andrea and Avril told me about the place. Many of the men also were in the same boat as myself but there was little we could do. Could not even drink our sorrows away as the booze shops were closed at that time. Unfortunately i think we wasted about 1.5 hours here although to be fair, many of the women bought things. Yes - that ...

... night we walked around the town one last final night and bought some souvinere's. I bought a swiss army knife with "Interlaken 2005" engraved on it. Had Thai for dinner that night before retreating back to Funny Farm hostel. Hahaha i forgot to mention the 'horse' that just wonders around funny farm. haha not really, its just the biggest dog i've ever seen in my life. One of those beethoven dogs and he isn't even 2 yet and still has some growing! Such a cute loving dog ...

... a siesta after breakie and then got up and wandered around trying to find Mystery Park after having seen it advertised on a sign. we found the place but opted out when entrance was over $40. we never did find out what it was. Liz got excited when she saw a Llama crossing sign and we looked to find some...but all we found were camels. Liz then decided that Swiss Llamas are really camels but Thomas doesn't agree and thinks she ...

... And a great hostel it was, Steve, the owner, showed me to my room and then we had tea. I met a bunch of nice people, including John, the crusty old Irish biker guy who drove me all the way down to Brighton. Wales was nice...on the ocean, incredibly friendly people (I went to a pub where there was some fold music and I was immediately asked to join in and given a shaky egg.) The weather was very ...