The last three days we have spent
the day in beautiful city of Lucerne, Switzerland. Upon arrival it was
unfortunately raining, however we still viewed the famous Lion Monument carved
into stone and did a river cruise on Lake Lucerne. The cruise was fantastic
with stunning views of all the snowy mountain tops as well as the shoreline of
the city.
The following day we embarked on
an excursion to the summit of Mount Pilatus where we admired the views of the
snowy mountain tops all the way down the city of Lucerne. This sight was
breathtaking. On the way down we all convinced our tour guide to let us have
20mins in the snow where yet another massive snow fight with all members young
and old took place. Dad won the award for the “biggest kid” from our tour guide
as he and two other men from the tour were tackling each other and running
around like little kids hahah.
After this we did a
horse carriage countryside tour of Lucerne . This was the biggest
highlight of the trip so far for me as
it wasn’t based around famous monuments filled with crowds. Instead we
met a local
Swiss farming family who took us on a tour of the countryside on a
horse-drawn
carriages. The scenery was stunning and resembled post cards and famous
oil
paintings of the Swiss Alps grounded by rich green grass. After the
carriage
ride we went back to their house and enjoyed homemade asparagus soup,
panini, swiss pastries and even homemade apple juice and cheese. It was
so
great to have homemade food in Han’s backyard whilst being warmed by the
bon
fire and enjoying the views of the mountain tops. An interesting fact about this countryside
town 30mins out of Lucerne was that properties are worth around $ 1.4 million
dollars each. However waking up to views
like they do, this price is easily justifiable.
Overall Lucerne was definitely up
there with my favourite cities on our journey so far, and everyone agrees. The
city is so clean, perfect and everything just works. The way the city is
centralised on the shore of Lake Lucerne which is boarded by
towering snow tipped mountains is truely a great site.
We are all looking forward to
Paris!
Missing you all Gabriel.
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| I look great in this one ;) |
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| Nick was allowed in the drivers seat! |
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