On Saturday we took a train to the small city of Luzern (technically spelled Lucerne the Swiss way). The city lies on a river with a lot of cute bridges and pretty much only winding cobblestone streets. Normally I tend to plan out days like this with exact directions to get to particular destinations, but Luzern was perfect for aimlessly wandering and discover all sorts of tiny narrow alleyways, really old buildings, and plenty of places to enjoy some fondue. Swiss chocolate is in fact incredible, and all the baked goods (especially the pretzels!) are quite yummy as well. I don’t mean to only blog about food, but I guess that’s what happens when you travel to France and Switzerland! So on that note, we ended our day trip to Luzern with traditional Swiss chocolate fondue at a really cozy fondue restaurant right on the river.
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| Definitely enough Swiss chocolate to get us through a train ride |
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| Lucerne! |
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| A lot of cheese in Switzerland...almost as much as cheese as there is chocolate |
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| Another pretty church....for a group of Brandeis kids we really did visit quite a lot of pretty churches... |
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| Luzern at night |
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| Fondue restaurant |
We spent more time on Sunday wandering around Zurich. Turns out that on Sunday EVERYTHING in the city is completely closed. Even Bahnhofstrasse, the main street of the city, was totally dead and we felt like we had the entire city to ourselves! It was freezing but while walking along the river we managed to find an open cafe where we warmed up with Swiss hot chocolate. Also, we happened to come upon the Occupy Zurich protesters (a LOT smaller than the protest camp at St. Paul’s in London!), and a few of the protesters overheard us talking and got really excited that we were form the States. The two kids talking to us were the kindest protesters I had ever met! (The ones in London were kind of creepy..). I love everything about this city. I love that even though the streets and cafes can be crowded it’s still so peaceful and quiet (kind of like in Paris but more down to earth). And Swiss people really are SO nice. From all my recent travels, Swiss people seem to be the friendliest towards foreigners. Every local we met was so genuinely outgoing towards us.
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| Our hotel |
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| Empty Bahnhofstrasse on Sunday |
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| Protesters...although I don't know what anyone could possibly complain about in Switzerland! |
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I want to live right where this picture was taken
so I can wake up to this view every morning :) |
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| yummy rich Swiss hot chocolate :) |
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| Bare streets of Zurich |
Three days is definitely not enough for Switzerland and I am definitely coming back to this amazingly great country.
xoxo,
Sarah
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