Blogs from Lucerne, North-West, Switzerland, Europe - page 21

Quick Notes: 1. In Switzerland you have four languages from which to choose. Only problem is that we don't speak any of them well. 2. I've realized that my conversational skills have dropped tremendously, but my communication skills have advanced greatly. This point was driven home as I tried to explain to our Spanish friends the difference between goats and sheeps. "Baaaahhhh" or "Baaaahhh (with me pulling at my beard to resemble a goat). 3. We found a way around having to use the gross campground bathrooms: Cheese Fondue! Switzerland is the most beautiful country ever. seriously. the first day we pulled into lucerne was beautiful, but it was later in the afternoon so we decided to catch up on our housecleaning and did some laundry. that was dumb because it rained straight the next 2 ... read more

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In Hawaii, though we speak English, we have our own colloquial which may cause the visitor to go “huh?”, when they hear us speak among ourselves. For example, if we want to describe a specific food or dish as being exceptionally delicious, we may describe it as “broke da (the) mouth”. Sometimes in cooking contests, contestants will name their specialty as “Broke da Mouth Chili”, “Broke da Mouth Ribs”, “Broke da Mouth Upside Down Cake”, yadda, yadda, yadda. Hence the title of my Post of “Broke Eye Mountains”. Instead of mountains, I could have used “Town”, “Bridge” “River”, etc. because they were also indeed very beautiful, but seems like Mountains, sounded more catchy, for some reason. We had to travel through a tunnel which seems to have taken 20 minutes to pass through, so I can ... read more

Lucerne is a little city and we were able to hit all the major attrations in one day. The weather was a bit gloomy, but the city was so beautiful that it really didn't matter. We crossed over a 14th Century wooden roofed bridge called the Kapellbrucke. We walked along the flower lined river to get to the Museggmauer. It is the only remaining thing of the old Midevil citys ramparts. There were 4 towers still acessable and parts of the wall you could still walk along. We climbed the first and tallest tower. After climbing about a million steep steps we discovered that it had no access to the wall! But we did have beautiful views of the lake and city below so I guess it was worth it :) In the east of the ... read more

So, we say goodbye to Paris as we head to Switzerland!! We arrived in Switzerland and went to some shops that work with Contiki. They stayed open late for us and allowed us to look around and see if we like anything. They also give you amazing discounts and really work to make sure you like everything. I bought a watch for my dad and a Swiss Army knife. They engrave up to 16 or more letters depending on the size of the knife for free with purchase. I got my name and then Contiki engraved on it. It came out amazing. We arrived in our hotel, hotel Flora. We were right next door to a chocolate shop, so of course you could find many of us in there eating away. We went to dinner at ... read more