Another view of the world
Last day in Lucerne. After breakfast Marian and I decided against the organized walking tour. Instead, after packing and vacating the room, we headed on our own walk. One of the city's most famous landmarks is the Lion Monument, a mountainside carving that commemorates hundreds of Swiss Guards who were killed at the Tuileries Palace …
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Lucerne the city is located around the shores of Lake Lucerne, in the Swiss canton of Lucerne. (Do you catch a theme here?) It is overlooked by Mt. Pilatus and Mt. Rigi. (More about Mt. Pilatus in a minute.) In 1332 the canton of Lucerne and several others formed the original Swiss Confederacy to defeat the existing rulers …
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Short and sweet. We dropped out of the clouds and landed on the green earth that is summertime Zurich. Cleared customs and met our Viking Tour agent, who herded us and some others into a beautiful bus, which was expertly driven to Lucerne by Marcus. (Check out the facial hair in the photo below.) We were joined by a …
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DFW to NY JFK to Zurich ,Ground Transfer to Lucerne After a hectic night (finding lost phones, finishing what had to be finished, etc.), Sunday morning we finished packing. (That means Marian, who was packed already, helped me as I got going at the last minute.) Jim P took us to the airport. After passing security, at …
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