More Lucerne

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Geo: 47.0457, 8.30824

Today we slept in a bit, had our free breakfast at the hotel (most hotels in Europe offer it) and took the city bus to Hergiswil to the glass factory. One of the original glass manufacturers in Europe, we watched them make things out of glass the old fashioned way. Mom tried glass blowing herself and she's carrying around the glass globe she made. She wants to get it home.

We took the bus back into town. The train would have done this in 10 minutes but the track was out of order this week. Then we walked around the old town. The pastries here are fantastic! My favorite, strudel of all kinds, and it is everywhere. We walked across the Chapel Bridge, an old wooden bridge spanning the end of Lake Lucerne.

We returned to the hotel in the early evening and Mom insisted that we eat at the hotel restaurant again since she wanted the lasagna that I had the night before. We walked around town a bit before returning, packing and preparing to leave tomorrow on 8am train for Fussen, Germany.

Sorry about pictures but they take a long time to download and post and we're running behind.

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Photos

Chapel wooden bridge in Lucerne
Nice. What's the deal with the flowers? They're everywhere.

Uummm. Yummy strudel
My favorite.....pastries

Mom in a courtyard in Lucerne
Watching a wedding

Hergiswil Glass Factory
Watch the glass blowing

Floor of the glass factory
Watching these guys blow glass

Mom blowing her own glass ball
It made it home too!

Mom checking out the beautiful glass for sale
This cost me $$$

Mom still trying to find cheap sunglasses
She lost her sunglasses leaving Paris and can't find anything less than $40.

Beautiful shoreline in old town Lucerne
So colorful.

A fountain in Old Town, Lucerne
Just standing there

Mom grabbing me a snack
Strudel! What else?

Having a beer in Lucerne town square
It's the cheapest thing in Europe to drink.

Who is this with Mom?
Found this guy hanging out in front of a store.

Comments

[Nickole Francis]

I love the pastries out there!!!! I want to see Gma's glass globe! Don't let it break!

[al-karen]

It's still ok. Maybe you can figure this out. The guy at glasi hergiswil took a YouTube movie of grandma blowing up her glass. It was done on Friday, August 16 just before 1pm. Can you find it? Try their website too.

[Nickole Francis]

I love this! :)

[Milan]

Hey Big Al and Karrrenninnna you guys Are doing it cheap free breakfast and take public tranpertation who,s got the money you guys should fill up in the morning on pastiers n coffee that will hold you over till th
e next day Remember its your life its now or never you aint gonna live for ever you just got to live while your alive your live is like an open highway I think you should live it your way. have fun All is good here I took out Big Al,s work truck To the Raider game someone stole it during the game so you have Ins on that right anyway Cash is low again please send Gravy a s a p The guest need food and drink I went through everything looking for the extra cash but I have looked everywhere I found a few wooden Nickels but that's it I guess the party is about to end at al n karens house see u soon

[Nickole Francis]

Love THIS! It's beautiful!