Today, I discovered my favorite European city so far.
Lucerne, Switzerland is located on a lake in the middle of
the country. It’s surrounded by mountains and has tiny little cobblestone
streets with all kinds of adorable shops, buildings, and restaurants.
We took the train from Zurich this morning,
and explored the
city. The first hour was spent literally just looking around in awe and taking
a million pictures because the views were unlike any we had seen before. SO
gorgeous. SO Swiss.
We shopped a bit and mingled with the town folk, then headed
to lunch at a hole in the wall beer hall. These are the best restaurant to try
in any city…where the locals go. Many restaurants and bars in Switzerland brew
their own beer. The beer halls here kind of look like cafeterias, with lots of
long skinny tables that you sit at.
The restaurant!
To my delgith, the food was DELISH! I got the veggie plate
with a fried egg. It was all sautéed in oil, which made it that much better.
We toured around some gigantic, ornate churches then headed
to Meggen (just outside of Lucerne) to view the castles there.
Saw these things along the journey...
Old school confession box!
However, our adventure took an unfortunate turn when Carrie,
Christina and I went to the bathroom at the train station, only to be left by
the bus.
The bus had the rest of our group on it.
Oops.
We had no idea where they had gone and thought for sure they
wouldn’t have left us. Then, we got a text saying the bus had left without us
and we hopped on the next bus to Meggen. No one on the bus realized it was
moving until it was too late (and the Swiss will NOT stop their route for you).
After catching our group at a stop further down the route,
we attempted to find these castles, which proved to be impossible. I SWEAR the
entire town was in on it. We got told about 10 very different directions and
instructions on how to get there, and in the end, none of them worked!
Two hours wasted. Boo.
Although, we did have more than a few good laughs about how
ridiculous it was getting. Oh the joys of exploring a foreign country.
Back at the hotel, we were desperate for a simple dinner and
movie night.
Carrot ginger soup, club, and Jackie got choco cake!
After we paid 22 bucks to watch Bridesmaids and 60 bucks for
room service, (totally worth it by the way) we passed out!!
Need the sleep since tomorrow is skiing day!!!!
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