lucerne

Today we caught up on some sleep, knowing that our planned destination, Lucerne (Luzern, here) was only 40 minutes away. Taking the train there was quick and easy. The Lucerne train station is pretty big and was a cool building in general (much like many of the other buildings there). The city was much bigger than Zug and it quickly became clear that it was geared more towards tourists. We felt right at home. We picked a place to end up that was on the outskirts of town and started walking. We had planned on going to the Swiss Transportation Museum, so that's where we were headed. We walked across the Kapellbrücke bridge towards the end of town. This bridge connected the banks of the juntion between the Reuss River and Vierwaldstättersee (Lucerne Lake).


Following the lake, watching a geese (huge), dogs and other people, we finally came upon the big IMAX building (connected the the museum). The museum had all sorts of examples of early trains, plane and automobiles (fine, fine, bikes as well). The obvious favorite was the automobiles, but walking through the old trains and planes was pretty fun, as was riding a scooter around the entire museum. The lack of scenic pictures is made up for by the sweet cars. The above photo is of the Luzern Art Museum. Not a very visually appealing photo, but you can see the cool building.

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