A Day in Lucerne (Luzern)

Monday is a day when the children stay on longer at school ( a normal day is coming home for lunches (cooked lunches are expected!) finishing 11.30 am after an 8.00am start, which cuts the days in half. So Monday when the children stay on for Lunch Table, and don't return home till after 3, we managed to have the day out with Amanda in Lucerne, about a 40 minute drive away.

Looking up the River Reuss into Lucerne

Lucerne is at the north end of Lake Lucerne, a very pretty old town with 14th century city walls and historic covered bridges crossing the Reuss River.

One of the many covered bridges

Amazing sculptures

Colourfully decorated buildings

We wandered around the old part of the town which is full of beautifully decorated old buildings. The details in the facades are amazing.

At lunchtime there were many cafes open lining the river and throughout the narrow streets of the town.

Lunchtime along the Reuss

The "Dying Lion of Lucerne"

We found a lovely little Thai restaurant in a back street so not so hectic.





We visited the famous "Dying Lion of Lucerne" stone carving which commemorates the Swiss Guards that were massacred in 1792 during the French Revolution. He is a very mournful looking Lion.

    Lucerne also holds many music festivals that draw in huge crowds, Classical, Blues, Theatre etc. They play in all the old Squares and stages that they have set up all around the town. We are hoping to make it this coming Saturday to the Lucerne Fest which will have a variety of musicians playing where you can wander around and listen to what ever appeals over the evening.
         
It is also very bike friendly as you can see by the many bikes around the place.
Bill & I have been riding our bikes a lot since we got here as it is the easiest way to get around locally, usually very enjoyable except when we rode home in the rain the other day.