{"id":317,"date":"2016-07-27T15:32:19","date_gmt":"2016-07-27T19:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travel.laughinglyeverafter.com\/?p=317"},"modified":"2016-07-28T14:43:14","modified_gmt":"2016-07-28T18:43:14","slug":"lucerne-switzerland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travel.laughinglyeverafter.com\/?p=317","title":{"rendered":"Lucerne Switzerland"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sunday June 26 – We arrived in Lucerne a little after lunch on Sunday. \u00a0The train station was about a 5 minute walk from our hotel, the Boutique Hotel Zum Weisses Kruez<\/a>, so we dropped our bags off and set out in town.<\/p>\n

The first place we decided to go was the Lucerne Lion Monument<\/a>. \u00a0On the way, we stopped and grabbed some lunch and dessert. \u00a0The Lion Monument was craved in stone as a memorial to fallen soldiers at the Tuilerires in 1792. \u00a0There were quite a few tourists when we arrived but we managed to find a little spot off to the side to have our lunch. \u00a0I tried to get Matt to take a selfie but he thought it was disrespectful so we didn’t (though there were tons of others doing it.)<\/p>\n

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Our room<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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We could hear them playing from our room. We didn’t know where it was coming from until we walked out behind the hotel.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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There were water fountains all around town. I told Matt no way! The old fountains constantly run water from underground glaciers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Matt filling up our first water bottle! We drank city water our entire time there!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Church<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Church door.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Stairs up to the city wall. There were a LOT of stairs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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On top of the city wall.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Tower<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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After we ate lunch, we headed back for town. \u00a0As we were walking we noticed a church on a hill so we walked up to check it out. It was very pretty inside. \u00a0We then headed over to the City Wall to check that out. \u00a0After a \u00a0LOT of stairs, we reached the wall. \u00a0You could walk up to the top and then walk across the wall. \u00a0The views from the top of the wall were amazing! \u00a0Had it not been kind of cloudy it would have been even better.<\/p>\n

We got to the other side and walked back down, this put us on the back side of the wall so we followed the path down to the road. \u00a0We (at least I) had no clue where we would end up, but as we followed the road we found ourselves just on the other side of the river from our hotel. \u00a0One cool thing about Lucerne are the wooden walking bridges that cross the river. \u00a0Once we crossed back over we decided to stop at one of the hotel bars for a drink overlooking the river.<\/p>\n

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This is probably my favorite door from the whole trip.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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This is also at the top of my fave pic list!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Fave pic list!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After walking back to the room for a nap, we set out to find dinner. \u00a0Around trip around the city center ended with us back at the hotel \u00a0restaurant, where I had a wonderful lasagna. \u00a0 When dinner was finished we decided to walk down the river on the other side and check it out. \u00a0Since it didn’t get dark till close to 10 pm we were able to enjoy the sights around us for a while.<\/p>\n

Monday June 27 – The other thing we had planned for Lucerne was Mount Piltaus<\/a>. \u00a0There were several options on how to get up and down the mountain and Matt choose the Silver Ticket for us. \u00a0This included a cogwheel up and a cable car down to a bus. It was about a 30 minute train ride to reach to the cogwheel station. \u00a0Once at the station, we piled into a little train car thing with 6 other people and set off up the mountain. \u00a0As we were going, the conductor informed us this was the steepest cogwheel in the world and that it was built in the 1800’s. \u00a0:O \u00a0I had a seat by the window so I could take pics and OMG, it was breathtakingly beautiful! \u00a0And also very, very steep! \u00a0I was facing up, and I think I’m glad about that! \u00a0You couldn’t quite tell exactly how steep it was from that angle. \u00a0(I’m pretty sure there is no way in hell I would have gone back down the cogwheel!)<\/p>\n

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This shows the angle we were at going up.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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After trudging up the mountain for about 30 minutes, we finally reached the summit. \u00a0Unfortunately, it was clouded in but Matt and I walked around to check things out. \u00a0We ended up going to the smaller summit before deciding if we wanted to try to largest one. \u00a0In the end, we decided not to since the top was completely cloudy.<\/p>\n

Since the clouds weren’t breaking we hopped on a cable car down to Pilatus Kulm. \u00a0Situated about half way down the mountain, there was an adventure park that included rope walks, zip lines, and a toboggan run. \u00a0We grabbed a coffee, enjoyed the views and watched people on the adventure courses. \u00a0When we decided we were ready, we grabbed \u00a0a smaller cable car for the decent down. \u00a0This was definitely the way to go down! \u00a0Stunning views of the treetops and city, it was a different view from the mountains on the way up.<\/p>\n

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Once we were down and back to town, we decided to walk back around the city since it was sunny and looked completely different. \u00a0Now I have pics of cloudy Lucerne and sunny Lucerne! \u00a0\ud83d\ude09 \u00a0That night we went to a place called Jill’s Burgers for dinner. \u00a0The food was good ( and the menu in English – most places had menus in Italian, German and Japanese). \u00a0While we were eating dinner the Euro 2016 was going on between Italy and Spain. \u00a0As soon as the game was over and Italy had won, we started hearing car horns! \u00a0This continued on for a quite a while so Matt and I walked up to the main street to see a line of traffic and people lining the streets celebrating the win! \u00a0It was actually really cool to see!<\/p>\n

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Fave pic list!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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We went back to the room and watched England lose to Iceland.<\/p>\n

The next morning, we were woken up at about 5:30 am to the\u00a0loud as crap sound of the street sweeper! \u00a0This continued for a good 15 minutes. \u00a0We had an early train to catch on our way to Paris and the street sweeper didn’t really make my day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sunday June 26 – We arrived in Lucerne a little after lunch on Sunday. \u00a0The train station was about a 5 minute walk from our hotel, the Boutique Hotel Zum Weisses Kruez, so we dropped our bags off and set out in town. The first place we decided to go was the Lucerne Lion Monument. \u00a0On the way, we stopped and grabbed some lunch and dessert. \u00a0The Lion Monument was craved in stone as a memorial to fallen soldiers at…<\/p>\n

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