Lucerne, Switzerland

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Geo: 46.948, 7.44815

Finally on to Switzerland, despite the bus breaking down again, and us having to get some crappy Italian try hard imitation coach. on the way out of italy we visited the leaning tower of pisa. this thing really is leaning... got some coool photos. the surrounding area and cathedreal is also impressive. anyway, from there we got through disgraceful traffic to come to switzerland. the night consisted mainly of drinks at a bar and then a club afterwards. also saw the renowned lion monument, which is dedicated to the virtue of swiss mercenaries. anyway, im in a net cafe above the swiss army knife shop, il grab one as a souvenir. today has been a lil depressing, as terrible rain and fog half ruined our cable car trip up to the scenic mountaintop, and then subsequent train ride down, and ferry ride over Lucerne Lake. still got a lot of good photos. the rest of the evening calls for a traditional swiss dinner.. so we will see how that goes. hope to keep hearing from u all, and that things are good back home. only 3 days left of the tour, im pretty wrecked, and slightly over the travel thing, so ill see how i go when i get back. its all gone so fast though, and im gonna miss the people ive met on this tour. lets just see what happens.

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Photos

All aboard
our boat that would take us out over lake Lucerne

Dinner in Switzerland
thats Kelly, Peggster, Crystal, and Bec

err."views" from Mt Pilatus
this shot just about summarizes how clear the views were from our trip up top of Mt Pilatus

Flag Throwing
Flag throwing gets under way.. weird

Horny swissmen
the big horns come out for show

Lake Pilatus
another shot of Lake Pilatus

Lucerne Bridge
the main bridge that runs over the river in Central Lucerne

Me on Lake Lucerne
this is me on the boat on Lake Lucerne

Moo
as a grand finale to the show, i get assaulted by a guy in a cow suit..

More people at dinner
Kelly brooke eb chi and roshan.
this show was really cool, i took some video i think. just weird swiss people doing random shit like flag throwing, horn blowing, yodeling, spoon playing, and my favourite, playing the saw...

On top of Mt Pilatus
me standing in the rain, outside of the Mt Pilatus cafe.

Pilatus Views 1
Fortunatley the sky cleared a fraction on our way down, giving us some good views.

Pilatus Views 2
another shot on the train down

Pilatus Views 3
another shot coming down on the train

The guys at dinner
Thats Matt, Tom and I at dinner.

The Lion Monument
The lion monument. Wasnt gonna let rain stop me from marching to it. It commemorates the valor of Swiss mercenaries perished over the years throughout Europe.

The train down the mountain
This train was really cool!! i think its the steepest in the world. Comes all the way down the mountain. Im about the only one paying attention in this photo though. thats ben and tom next to me

Us in the Giftshop
Ben Kate, me, Kerrie and Jess in the giftshop on top of the mountain

Warm Up!
Rather than take in the breathtaking views of fog in the rain, Jess and I get hot chocolate.

Welcome to Lucerne
well we head into Switzerland.. only to be greeted by disgusting weather. sadly it never really cleared up, and marred our time here.