Lucerne (or Luzern)

The picture is the view from our hostel room in the late arvo. Not bad huh? Lucerne is a smallish town in Swizterland, where the people mainly speak German first, then French, then English. The town has a river running right through the middle (the Reuss River), flowing from Lake Lucerne, through goodness knows where to eventually end up in the Rhine River. The river flows really quickly, and I'd say that if you fell into it, you'd have buckley's chances of saving yourself. (you'd probably get hypothermia first).

The weather is cool and fresh, a welcome change from the hot and humid weather of Rome and Venice. Lucerne is a small town, and there wasn't much to see except for landscapes. Plenty to see in terms of mountains etc. There are several bridges crossing the river, and one of them is a big old wooden one, and the picture below was taken from it. As you can see, its got lots of flowers lining it. They really like flowers here.



It was cool having a river racing past outside your hostel window. Just the novelty I suppose. The place seems really laid back too. Not over-populated by neither citizens, tourists or traffic.

Oh yeah, if you DO fall in the river, your best bet is to be save by someone wielding this hook.


Also, there are lots of ducks and swannings paddling about in the River. How they get from one side to the other without being swept away beats me. Anyway, you already know what a swan looks like. But do you know what a swan looks like when its getting food from the river bed?