Binder Family Travel Adventures

Today we left France and moved on to Switzerland. The day got off to a bumpy start. We called an Uber, but it would take twenty minutes to arrive because of an open market in the entire old town. So, we had to walk a mile to the train station with our luggage. When we get all settled on our train…then wait..and wait…and an announcement comes over the speaker that we must evacuate the train and catch the next train in an hour. The train had a suspicious package on it that the police must investigate (a left piece of luggage- that they do not take lightly), so we had to wait an hour for the next train.

We passed by Saint Louis – the second one of the trip!! The original (but not the better one)!! We had to run to our connecting train again…and made it just in time. We are getting better at running in train stations.

We still made it to Lucerne by lunchtime, dropped off our luggage and began exploring. Took a little time for us to figure out the bus schedule – we are not used to public transportation! It is an absolutely beautiful city (even with the rain). It’s been raining basically all day.

There were two of these bridges, one was an original, the other burned down and was rebuilt in 1992.

The old wine market…that is now retail shops.

This is the old court house where they would hang people outside of it.

We climbed the city wall, we were ready to defend!

We stopped in an old church. The kids are trying to win favor and praying for more dessert (ice cream, truffle and caramel today alone).

That castle on the hill was a place Queen Victoria stayed for a month, and led to Lucerne gaining popularity.

The kids wanted to see if McD’s is the same here…after asking in a few countries, we relented…

We booked a penthouse suite here, for a good view of the mountains and lake….hopefully the weather clears up so we can enjoy that…. Most expensive McDonald’s we ever bought.

We finally gave up and went swimming in the indoor pool. There was another family there. We asked them where they are from and they are from…Appleton, Wisconsin!

Now time to rest, tomorrow we tackle mountains and forts (weather permitting) 🤞