When we reached Luzern, it was pouring Cats & Dogs. After having a nice lunch - enjoying the views of beautiful Lake Luzern through the heavy rain, we headed to the the place most folks go when it rains during vacations - a museum :))
The Luzern Transportation museum - aka "Verkehrshaus", was spread out in multiple buildings and had some very ancient train engines in addition to displays of sea and air transportation.
Finally it stooped raining and we wanted to checkout the Lion National Monument. As we were walking towards the monument, I asked a bicyclist to confirm if we are going in the right direction. He said he is also going that way and walked with us. His name is Carl and he is a part-time mechanic and part-time sculptor - making sculptures out of scrap metal. He was so happy to have a foto taken with the girls :))
The Lion Monument was very simple with a wounded Lion depicting the Swiss Guards who were killed in 1792 during the French Revolution. We had dinner at a nearby Indian restaurant - Kanchi. The food was just OK at Kanchi.
The next day, it was still raining in the morning. Instead of visiting yet another mountain near Luzern, we decided to visit Bern, which is just 1-hr away by train (more on Bern in the next post).
When we returned from Bern, we visited the "The Chapel Bridge"- a historic, covered bridge built in 1333.
The Chapel Bridge is very close to the Luzern railway station and had many paintings dating back to 17th century.
On a side note, after this EU trip, we have started recognizing the places showing up in Tamil movie songs :)) You might recognize The Chapel bridge from Surya's movie song:
Link => Sillunnu Oru Kaadhal - Newyork Nagaram Song
Though the song says Newyork City, it features the Arch near the Luzern railway station and the Chapel bridge. I also caught glimpses of the COOP store - a famous Swiss grocery store where we shopped regularly.
I strongly recommend taking a long boat ride in Lake Luzern.
The boat crossed the lake from one shore to the other, stopping in few small towns along the way.
Though it was almost the same, typical Swiss scenery - rolling green hills, tall mountains, emerald green color lake - the more we experienced it, the more we fell in love with Swiss :))
Clouds seem to spill over a mountain and about to embrace the town below.
The day we left for Salzburg, the sky turned a brilliant blue and I was able to capture the real charm of Luzern.
Luzern, the city by the lake, has a special place in our hearts.
The Luzern Transportation museum - aka "Verkehrshaus", was spread out in multiple buildings and had some very ancient train engines in addition to displays of sea and air transportation.
Finally it stooped raining and we wanted to checkout the Lion National Monument. As we were walking towards the monument, I asked a bicyclist to confirm if we are going in the right direction. He said he is also going that way and walked with us. His name is Carl and he is a part-time mechanic and part-time sculptor - making sculptures out of scrap metal. He was so happy to have a foto taken with the girls :))
The Lion Monument was very simple with a wounded Lion depicting the Swiss Guards who were killed in 1792 during the French Revolution. We had dinner at a nearby Indian restaurant - Kanchi. The food was just OK at Kanchi.
The next day, it was still raining in the morning. Instead of visiting yet another mountain near Luzern, we decided to visit Bern, which is just 1-hr away by train (more on Bern in the next post).
When we returned from Bern, we visited the "The Chapel Bridge"- a historic, covered bridge built in 1333.
The Chapel Bridge is very close to the Luzern railway station and had many paintings dating back to 17th century.
On a side note, after this EU trip, we have started recognizing the places showing up in Tamil movie songs :)) You might recognize The Chapel bridge from Surya's movie song:
Link => Sillunnu Oru Kaadhal - Newyork Nagaram Song
Though the song says Newyork City, it features the Arch near the Luzern railway station and the Chapel bridge. I also caught glimpses of the COOP store - a famous Swiss grocery store where we shopped regularly.
I strongly recommend taking a long boat ride in Lake Luzern.
The boat crossed the lake from one shore to the other, stopping in few small towns along the way.
Though it was almost the same, typical Swiss scenery - rolling green hills, tall mountains, emerald green color lake - the more we experienced it, the more we fell in love with Swiss :))
Clouds seem to spill over a mountain and about to embrace the town below.
The day we left for Salzburg, the sky turned a brilliant blue and I was able to capture the real charm of Luzern.
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