Saturday 19 October 2013

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 LucerneSwitzerland, 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




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