Luzern

Day trips from Basel Part 3

29.08.2011 21 °C

Picked up the engraved knives early in the morning, the old man did a wonderful job. Went back to the train station and bought my second Eurail pass for onwards travel in Austria and Hungary. I was still waiting for a response from a friend, so my next stop is still undecided (it's either Salzburg or Vienna)
Anyway, I head to Luzern to spend the day. The weather is fantastic today. When I stepped out of the train station, I know I'd like the city. Luzern is truly beautiful, with the wooden bridges, greenish river and the mountains, one would feel as if one is walking inside a postcard.
Some pictures of Luzern

While walking along the wooden bridge, look up and you'd see this

The post office looks good too

There's lots of swans and some ducks swimming around, waiting for tourist to feed them (and they are bigger than average because of the extra nutrients )

Very detailed road signs too

Walked to the city walls and climbed up the fortress tower. The view from top is rewarding.
Here's pictures

The view from the top

You can also see the hotel with the exclusive funicular

Cows at the outskirts

Went back to the old town and did some people watching, haha

Stumbled into a wedding at this church

More snapshots of this town

The weather is still great, so I decided to join a lake cruise and I hopped on a boat.
The journey starts

The view was fantastic, quite surreal and I was happy that I took the cruise

The towns by the shores

I forgot to get off at the intended location, went ahead anyway and took an alternative route home. The Swiss really have all the little towns covered as well, the inter-connectedness makes it no problem to get anywhere here.
I saw some monks and nuns during my visit, and I have to agree that the area around here is perfect for silence and solitude. I know that I would not forget the beauty of this city even after quite some time.
As for dinner, we had swiss style fried noodles at home. Something Asian for a change