Horseart wrote:
Oh my gosh Swiss chocolate!!!!! Been a while, but I could probably live on that stuff...might shorten my life but oh how happy!!!!
Theses are all great. LOVE all the bicycles.
Great shots!!!!
Going without chocolate may extend your life, at least it will seem like it.
Thanks for your kind comments Jo. Bicycles? Wait until you see my final posts on Amsterdam if you want bicycles.
srfmhg wrote:
Excellent set Dennis. I love the street shots and you captured the bridge beautifully.
Thank you Mark, I really appreciate your comments.
Thanks for the triple thumbs up tcthome.
Horseart wrote:
I have imagined living almost everywhere Dennis. Imagining is only the third best thing from being there.
Being there 1st, Photos, 2nd, Imagining 3rd.
I never looked at it that way Jo, but it makes sense to me.
topcat wrote:
Nice captures of an interesting place
Thank you topcat, it is a beautiful place.
NMGal wrote:
Excellent tour. I could spend a lot of time and money in that chocolate shop.
Thanks NMGal. I agree regarding the chocolate shop, however there are baggage weight limits...........
PAR4DCR wrote:
Good set Dennis but the lion images really stand out.
Don
Thanks Don and the lion is an amazing piece of sculpture.
Horseart wrote:
Awesome photos Dennis!
Thank you Jo, I appreciate it.
srfmhg wrote:
Great set Dennis which again brings back pleasant memories.
Thanks Mark, I'm glad it did.
Moondoggie wrote:
Beautiful place and photos
It certainly is a beautiful place Moondoggie, thanks for the compliment.
Horseart wrote:
All beautiful but I'd call that last one a photographer's dream!!!
Thank you Jo. Can you imagine living there?
After the guided part of the tour, we went wandering. On our connecting flight from Zurich to Barcelona, one of our “seatmates” told us we “had to try Laderach Chocolate in Switzerland.” We found a Laderach shop and bought some for us and our family. It was delicious!
Next, we walked over to the Chapel Bridge. The Kapellbrücke (literally, Chapel Bridge) is a covered wooden footbridge spanning the river Reuss diagonally in the city of Lucerne. Named after the nearby St. Peter's Chapel, the bridge is unique in containing a number of interior paintings dating back to the 17th century, although many of them were destroyed along with a larger part of the centuries-old bridge in a 1993 fire. Subsequently restored, the Kapellbrücke is the oldest wooden covered bridge in Europe, as well as the world's oldest surviving truss bridge. It serves as the city's symbol and as one of Switzerland’s main tourist attractions. The bridge was initially over 270 metres (890 ft) long, although numerous shortenings over the years and river bank replenishments mean the bridge now totals only 204.7 metres (672 ft) long.
My previous post can be found at
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-806022-1.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: Finishing our visit to Lucerne, the rest of the drive to Basel and embarking on the Viking Eir to begin our cruise to Amsterdam