Archive for May, 2007
Monday, May 14th, 2007
Berlin and The Reichstag
Our original plan after leaving Lucerne was to go to Munich and then Cologne, but Kimberley contacted us from Berlin and made it sound so good we changed our plans. So far we have not been dissapointed. The main train station, HBF, is a very cool complex. It is a huge glass and steel structure [...]
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Sunday, May 13th, 2007
Time to move on
Well our last night in Lucerne has now arrived and we are very sad to be leaving. Wendelin and Pascal (in the photo here with Simon and me) have been fabulous hosts and they have made our stay so comfortable that we really thought of setting up shop here permanently, me as their house cleaner and [...]
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Saturday, May 12th, 2007
Mittaggüpfi, Switzerland
Today our wonderful host took us for a hike in the Swiss mountains near the village where he grew up and his family still lives. The name of the peak, Mittaggüpfi, literally translates to ‘Midday point’ as the peak was a half way point where people would stop for lunch. Wendelin promised an easy, short [...]
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Friday, May 11th, 2007
Wandering through Lucerne
Lucerne is a small city and so is easy to explore in a day. The main tourist attraction is Löwendenkmal, the Lion Monument, and is only a short walk out of the main shopping and business area of Lucerne. The monument was carved to ‘commemorate the hundreds of Swiss Guards who were massacred in 1792 during [...]
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Thursday, May 10th, 2007
Arriving in Lucerne
Some of you may remember from our trip through the Rockies our Swiss friend Wendelin, well this afternoon we arrived on his doorstep in Lucerne. It was an 8 hour trip from Rome on two different trains so you can imagine we were very glad for a shower and a sample of Lucerne’s local beer, [...]