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| La neige/snow |
Aujourd’hui
(actuellement, lundi), ce faisait tres froid, la neige est tombé pendant le matin. Il était très beau !
Nous sommes allé
avec Mary pour une promenade aux magasins et puis le lac qui est prés chez Mary
et William. Aussi ils habitent près du
Lindt, le chocolatier. Nous avons visité
le magasin et, bien sûr, elle a acheté beaucoup des chocolats.
Pendant le matin
la neige à tombé de temps à autre.
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| A place for chocoholics |
Après midi Mary
nous a pris à Lucerne qui est 52 kilomètres de Zürich. Anglais maintenant.
The weather has been cold to say the least,
I don’t think the temperature has got much higher than about 8 degrees. Today
we had snow although it did not settle on the ground. Later we saw it on the higher ground.
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| Street scene Lucerne |
We went for a walk with Mary to deposit her
recyclables, then a visit to her local park and finally on the way back to
Mary’s place we called into the Lindt Chocolate factory shop. The Lindt factory is almost next door to Mary
and William. The area is primarily
residential apart from the factory.
Apparently it is where all the chocolate is manufactured.
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| The Reuss |
After an early lunch Mary took us to
Lucerne which is about fifty kilometres away.
The weather improved significantly as we travelled toward the town. By the time we got there the sun had come out
and the sky was a washed out blue.
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| Street scene |
The town was the one which put Switzerland
on the map as a tourist destination with the English going there in the 19th
century. It is very beautiful and the
town is centred around the outlet of the lake.
The old part is a maze of narrow streets. One of the interesting features are two
covered bridges across the outflow from the lake. The oldest one , which was reputedly built in 1333, was mostly burnt down in 1993 but was rebuilt almost immediately. The inside of the bridges have pictures that depict the saints and history of Lucerne.
Also many of the older buildings have pictures painted on them. Creeping up a ridge behind the town are
remparts from what must have been part of a walled town at some point in Lucerne's
history. We wandered the streets and
enjoyed the warmth of the sun when we were in it, although there was very cold
wind blowing off the mountains.
The lake is surrounded by mountains and we
were
lucky enough to see them covered with lots of snow. Behind the town is Mt Pilatus which while not
high has the steepest cog railway going up it, along with a cable car. We explored the option of going up but by the
time we got there it was due to finish and the cost would have been around $200
for the two of us.
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| Covered bridge |
After a few hours of snapping pictures and
taking in the vistas we returned to Zurich.
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| Lakefront |
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| Pictures in the bridge |
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| Lake Zurich |
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