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Apr 29, 2024 10:49:49   #
Horseart wrote:
Your grands are much younger than mine. One was 26 in Jan, one will be 36 in Oct and one 39 in Sept.
Enjoy them while they are young!!!


We are enjoying them. Our oldest grandchild is 15 and the youngest of our 14 is 1, with number 15 on the way and probably at least a couple more in the future.
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Apr 29, 2024 10:46:43   #
CCPhotoist wrote:
Very nice set, what a lovely area to visit!


Thank you CCPhotoist, it is one of the most beautiful places we've visited.
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Apr 29, 2024 10:39:43   #
About 2 ½ hours after leaving our hotel we got our first view of Lake Lucerne. We arrived in Lucerne about 30 minutes later for a short walking tour, some time on our own and a group lunch provided by Viking. It was an overcast day and threatened to rain.

One stop on the tour was The Lion of Lucerne rock carving. the Lion of Lucerne is a rock relief, designed by Bertel Thorvaldsen and hewn in 1820–21 by Lukas Ahorn. It commemorates the Swiss Guards who were massacred in 1792 during the French Revolution, when revolutionaries stormed the Tuileries Palace in Paris. It is one of the most famous monuments in Switzerland, visited annually by about 1.4 million tourists. In 2006, it was placed under Swiss monument protection.

Mark Twain praised the sculpture of a mortally wounded lion as "the most mournful and moving piece of stone in the world."

“The Lion lies in his lair in the perpendicular face of a low cliff—for he is carved from the living rock of the cliff. His size is colossal, his attitude is noble. His head is bowed, the broken spear is sticking in his shoulder, his protecting paw rests upon the lilies of France. Vines hang down the cliff and wave in the wind, and a clear stream trickles from above and empties into a pond at the base, and in the smooth surface of the pond the lion is mirrored, among the water-lilies.

Around about are green trees and grass. The place is a sheltered, reposeful woodland nook, remote from noise and stir and confusion—and all this is fitting, for lions do die in such places, and not on granite pedestals in public squares fenced with fancy iron railings. The Lion of Lucerne would be impressive anywhere, but nowhere so impressive as where he is.”
— Mark Twain, A Tramp Abroad, 1880

My previous post can be found at https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-805926-1.html, while the first post of this series (that includes a map of all of the places where we stopped) can be found at https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-801137-1.html

Next up: More of Lucerne

Our first look at Lake Lucerne

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Arriving in Lucerne

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The Lion of Lucerne

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Wandering around Lucerne

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Apr 28, 2024 20:55:15   #
Bubalola wrote:


Thanks for the thumbs up Eugene.
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Apr 28, 2024 20:54:45   #
PAR4DCR wrote:
Fine work Dennis. Did you have any problems driving around to different countries? Are roads clearly marked, or any signs in english?

Don


Thank you Don. So far, I've only driven in Italy and San Marino (a tiny country, completely surrounded by Italy). All of the signs are in Italian or use symbology to indicate what to do. I spent some time reviewing road sign meanings before we left home and didn't have any real problems. A good GPS makes a big difference, and the one in our rental car was excellent. I did a little navigation using my Samsung Android phone's GPS and it was also good; we also used it to navigate on foot in many cities. Of course you need a European data plan, which was easy with AT&T as our provider. You need an international driving permit to drive and you have to get it before you leave the U.S. I got mine at my local AAA office and they are good for a year. I drove for one day in Sweden in 1973, but we had a Swedish friend with us (it was her parent's car).
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Apr 28, 2024 20:43:58   #
srfmhg wrote:
Another beautiful set Dennis!


Thanks Mark, I'm not the master of the from the tour bus photos that you are, but I'm working on it.
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Apr 28, 2024 20:42:18   #
joecichjr wrote:
Great dreamscape shooting 🏆🏆🏆🏆


Thank you very much Joe, I really appreciate it.
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Apr 28, 2024 20:41:08   #
MT native wrote:
Wonderful series! Thanks for sharing your travels.


Thank you Dennis, I'm happy to share.
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Apr 28, 2024 20:40:15   #
Horseart wrote:
You two are triple blessed. You not only have the permanent photos, you have the live memories and had fun while there.


We are truly blessed, and two more blessing just left after spending the afternoon here, our 6 and 9 year old granddaughters.
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Apr 28, 2024 20:38:03   #
topcat wrote:
Very nice set. I enjoyed it.


Thank you topcat, I'm glad you enjoyed my photos.
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Apr 28, 2024 20:36:25   #
Horseart wrote:
You capture it beautifully Dennis!


I appreciate your kind word Jo; I do my best.
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Apr 28, 2024 13:10:50   #
Longshadow wrote:


Thanks Longshadow.
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Apr 28, 2024 13:10:31   #
Earnest Botello wrote:
Great scenic series, Dennis.


Thank you Earnest; much more to come.
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Apr 28, 2024 13:10:03   #
NMGal wrote:
Beautiful!


Thank you NMGal; Switzerland is beautiful, but we only had one day there on the drive through it. We spent 5 days in Switzerland in 1973 and plan to visit it in the future.
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Apr 28, 2024 13:07:27   #
AzPicLady wrote:
Lovely cruise.


Thank you Kathy; it was a lovely cruise, as was part 2 on the Rhine. I posted a new set earlier today at https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-805926-1.html
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