Scenery

Trains Again!

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May 29th 2008
Thursday 29th May We were leaving Lucerne as early as possible, but much later than we had originally planed as Owen had a 10am appointment with the dentist to deal with his errant wire. The dentist neatly, and Owen informs me, painlessly, clipped a small piece of wire off, blunted the new end he created and cleaned the tooth of dental cement. Before arriving at the station we had purchased ... read more

Europe » Switzerland » North-West » Lucerne

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The Swiss Confederation was founded in 1291 as a defensive alliance among three cantons. In succeeding years, other localities joined the original three. The Swiss Confederation secured its independence from the Holy Roman Empire in 1499. Switzerland... ... read more