Day 17
Well, the worst thing you can say about today is that it rained all day. Other than that, everything was fine.
When we awoke it was raining. I had breakfast but Jill skipped it. We checked out, after seeing several more army vehicles and guys in camouflage with automatic weapons strolling around town.
Last night for dinner we had perch fillets (Dave) and Sauerbraten (Jill). Both portions were huge – they were served as two courses – just like tonight (Dave – entrecote, Jill filet de porc.)
We drove to Lucerne and got there about 10:30. We went to the transportation museum which was three Michelin stars. It was sort of like the Air & Space museum in Washington, DC. We spent about 3-4 hours seeing trains, cars planes, phones, etc. The train section was my favorite – Jill liked the motorcycles. She says it’s more of a man’s and kid’s museum and is probably right.
Since today is Ascension Day, not much was open in town, and since it was raining we too a 2-hour cruise on Lake Lucerne (First Class, mind you). It was fun and the scenery on the lake was constantly changing. The rain let up just in time for us to change boats in Weggis and look around the town.
Oh yeah, we also walked across the several-hundred-year-old covered bridge in Lucerne which I had strolled across as a Young Columbus. Took lots of photos even though it was raining.
Then headed northeast towards Appenzell. We are lodged for the night in Wattwil at the Gasthof Lowen (Lion).
Watched a soccer match on TV when we got in. By the way, last night through an amazing coincidence we saw the James Bond cable car scene on TV in the hotel commons room. Unfortunately it was a cable car in Rio De Janeiro! We’ll have to keep searching for the one in Switzerland. (We did see it in the Transport Museum.)
Day 18 >>>
When we awoke it was raining. I had breakfast but Jill skipped it. We checked out, after seeing several more army vehicles and guys in camouflage with automatic weapons strolling around town.
Last night for dinner we had perch fillets (Dave) and Sauerbraten (Jill). Both portions were huge – they were served as two courses – just like tonight (Dave – entrecote, Jill filet de porc.)
We drove to Lucerne and got there about 10:30. We went to the transportation museum which was three Michelin stars. It was sort of like the Air & Space museum in Washington, DC. We spent about 3-4 hours seeing trains, cars planes, phones, etc. The train section was my favorite – Jill liked the motorcycles. She says it’s more of a man’s and kid’s museum and is probably right.
Since today is Ascension Day, not much was open in town, and since it was raining we too a 2-hour cruise on Lake Lucerne (First Class, mind you). It was fun and the scenery on the lake was constantly changing. The rain let up just in time for us to change boats in Weggis and look around the town.
Oh yeah, we also walked across the several-hundred-year-old covered bridge in Lucerne which I had strolled across as a Young Columbus. Took lots of photos even though it was raining.
Then headed northeast towards Appenzell. We are lodged for the night in Wattwil at the Gasthof Lowen (Lion).
Watched a soccer match on TV when we got in. By the way, last night through an amazing coincidence we saw the James Bond cable car scene on TV in the hotel commons room. Unfortunately it was a cable car in Rio De Janeiro! We’ll have to keep searching for the one in Switzerland. (We did see it in the Transport Museum.)
Day 18 >>>
