(Rebecca is wearing the "Italy" jacket.)............................
Day 8: July 14, 2008
Hey parents! Today we spent the day in Lucerne, Switzerland. We got to sleep in until 8...and then enjoyed the luxuries of an actual shower. We loved having big towels. The breakfast here at Anker Hotel was good... we had delicious bread and fruit and stuff.
At 9:30 we went on a walking tour of Lucerne. We had this sweet guide named Blanca who was raised in the mountains near Lucerne. The walking tour was rainy and cold and we were all sopping wet by the end, but it was nice change from the humidity of Venice.
We went into a palace in Lucerne that had beautiful stone pillars. We then went across this beautiful wood bridge from the 1400s. There were cool paintings on it depicting swiss legends... part of the bridge burned down but was rebuilt. We saw a monument for swiss soldiers, The dying Lion. Mark Twain once wrote "This is the saddest rock I've ever seen". The tour ended there and we made our way to a swiss shop to buy souvenirs and presents.
We took a boat and then the cogwheel train to Mt. Pilatus (or as we liked to call it Mt. Pilates).. the height was a bit terrifying but the view was incredible! We went down the mountain in a cable car. We are all agreed we would like to live in Lucerne even though it rained..
****Paula, Elisabeth, Rebecca & Hannah****
1 comment:
You should have said 'she's the one wearing the blue hat.' It's easier to see.
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