Living the lake life

After 10 hours of sleep (thanks Tylenol PM) we had a wonderful breakfast on our hotel’s patio while listening to the Sunday morning church bells. Then off to Luzern for the lake portion of this trip. Train ride was quick and easy and afforded me my first view of Swiss cows. Luzern is instantly beautiful. You are immediately confronted with a gorgeous bridge and beautiful old Swiss buildings steps from the train station. Then a stop for a couple of sandwiches and off to our hotel.

Citymapper gave us two options to get to the hotel- of course we took the bus that drops off at the top of a hill and we have to walk down a path, through people’s patios, over the river and through the woods. Ended up with Dave acting as my Sherpa and me declaring, I’m too old and make too much money to travel like this”. But we made it- hot and sweaty, but we have the most glorious view of the lake and the mountains- but no AC. Oh well.

We spent the day sitting by the lake. Across the street from our hotel is the Sunset Bar which offers seating, food and beverages lakeside. We read our books, enjoyed a few cocktails and took a few dips in Lake Luzern. It was glorious. We also ordered a pepperoni pizza that we were both excited for. Only, pepperoni in Switzerland is apparently just peppers. So it was good, but a bit of a bust.

We wandered around the town looking for dinner and Dave was not having the prices here. So back to the Sunset Bar for burgers and a beer. Oh- and the entire chicken our waiter accidentally brought us. Note: Swiss chickens are much smaller than American chickens.

It was a great day.

Todays step count: 14,800 steps, around 6 miles.Read more