Switzerland

Switzerland

Family Vacation

Megan, Jen, and Andy met us in Switzerland in June for a family vacation.    We met in Zurich and branched out from there for a few days before going to Munich (next blog).  We spent the first day walking through Zurich, spent the next day in Lucerne,  then travelled around Switzerland, Germany, Lichtenstein, and Austria on the last day (ok, Austria was the result of a wrong turn).  

View of Limmat river in Zurich 

Plenty of trams throughout the city

Nice weather

Hills throughout the city

mountain water was very, very cold, but felt good in the hot afternoon. 

View of the family overlooking Lake Zurich

A group shot

Views from Uetliberg Mountain, Alps in the distance

Lucerne

Lake Lucerne, fountain, with Alps in the distance

One of the covered bridges from the 1800's 

Cruise on Lake Lucerne taking us to the Cog Train up to Mt. Pilatus

Mt Pilatus

Cog Train up to the summit of Mt. Pilatus

View back toward Lake Lucerne

Hotel at the Summit.. still a lot of snow for June..makes for clouds..

.... and fog

View of Lake Lucerne from the cable car ride back down

Cable cars

Lion of Lucerne, is a sculpture in Lucerne, Switzerland, hewn in 1820–21. It commemorates the Swiss Guards who were massacred in 1792 during the French Revolution,

We took a day tour through Switzerland.  These are a few pictures of the Rhine falls on the Germany/Switzerland border

 We just couldn't get our cameras out quick enough... The guy was blowing a Matterhorn as we stopped the car.

The countryside of Switzerland